cve/2009/CVE-2009-0676.md

CVE-2009-0676

Description

The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Github

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