low2.1
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 stru…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 2.6.36 Version 2.6.36 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Version 11.1 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | Version 11 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | Version 11 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | Version 11 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41245
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434
- http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127