CVE-2011-1079
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD
The bnep_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not ensure that a certain device field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory, or cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash), via a BNEPCONNADD command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (52th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1094)
- Published
- June 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43629f8f5ea32a998d06d1bb41eefa0e821ff573(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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