Security Advisory

CVE-2011-2898

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-05-24 23:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 23:15:31
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly restrict user-space access to certain packet data structures associated with VLAN Tag Control Information, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted application.