UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2492

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CVE-2011-2492
Published: 28 Jul 2011, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Jul 2011, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc4 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.11.0-12.19

  • ubuntu•linux-flo

    < 3.4.0-1.3

  • ubuntu•linux-goldfish

    < 3.4.0-1.7

  • ubuntu•linux-grouper

    < 3.1.10-8.28

  • ubuntu•linux-maguro

    < 3.0.0-3.18

  • ubuntu•linux-mako

    < 3.4.0-3.21

  • ubuntu•linux-manta

    < 3.4.0-4.19

References (14)