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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-3002

CVE-2009-3002

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not initialize certain data structures within getname functions, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on (1) an AF_APPLETALK socket, related to the atalk_getname function in net/appletalk/ddp.c; (2) an AF_IRDA socket, related to the irda_getname function in net/irda/af_irda.c; (3) an AF_ECONET socket, related to the econet_getname function in net/econet/af_econet.c; (4) an AF_NETROM socket, related to the nr_getname function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c; (5) an AF_ROSE socket, related to the rose_getname function in net/rose/af_rose.c; or (6) a raw CAN socket, related to the raw_getname function in net/can/raw.c.

Affected products

12
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Kernel8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.31
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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