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CVE-2011-1079

The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' charac…

Impact

The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 2.6.38.8
Versions 2.6.38, 2.6.38.1, 2.6.38.2, 2.6.38.3, 2.6.38.4

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References