Uninitialized Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's sco_sock_getsockopt_old Function

CVE-2011-1078 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.

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