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CVE-2010-2955
published 2010-09-08

CVE-2010-2955: The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain…

low2.1CVSS 3.1
AVLACLAuNCPINAN
The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
linuxlinux_kernel< 2.6.362.6.36
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.11.0-12.193.11.0-12.19
opensuseopensuse
suselinux_enterprise_desktop
suselinux_enterprise_real_time_extension
suselinux_enterprise_server

CVSS provenance

nvd2.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv2.1LOW