Candidate: 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. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3002 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519305 Ubuntu-Description: Notes: gilbert> these are just minor info leaks, so not really very urgent Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.31-rc7) [09384dfc76e526c3993c09c42e016372dc9dd22c,17ac2e9c58b69a1e25460a568eae1b0dc0188c25,80922bbb12a105f858a8f0abb879cb4302d0ecaa,e84b90ae5eb3c112d1f208964df1d8156a538289,f6b97b29513950bfbf621a83d85b6f86b39ec8db] linux-2.6: released (2.6.30-7) [bugfix/all/stable/2.6.30.6.patch] 2.6.18-etch-security: released (2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1) [bugfix/all/irda-fix-irda_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/rose-fix-rose_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/econet-fix-econet_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/netrom-fix-nr_getname-leak.patch] 2.6.24-etch-security: released (2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.9etch1) [bugfix/all/irda-fix-irda_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/rose-fix-rose_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/econet-fix-econet_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/netrom-fix-nr_getname-leak.patch] 2.6.26-lenny-security: released (2.6.26-19lenny1) [bugfix/all/irda-fix-irda_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/rose-fix-rose_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/econet-fix-econet_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/can-fix-raw_getname-leak.patch, bugfix/all/netrom-fix-nr_getname-leak.patch]