CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1080

2.1 LOW Published 2012-06-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The do_replace function in net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to replace a table, and then reading a modprobe command line.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.38.8) • linux linux kernel 2.6.38 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.38.7

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References