CVE-2009-3001 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3001?

CVE-2009-3001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Aug 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7 and earlier does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on an AF_LLC socket.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3001?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3001?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2009-3001 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3001 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5pcq-rhwq-4w2j.