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CVE-2011-2898

Published: May 24, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly restrict user-space access to certain packet data structures associated with VLAN Tag Control Information, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted application.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

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[oss-security] 20110803 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel af_packet information leak

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728023

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3

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