# CVE-2011-1173: The econet\_sendmsg function in net/econet/af\_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86\_64 platform allows remote attackers to ob

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-06-22 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.

## What to do

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1

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