VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-0676
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.