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CVE-2011-2898 json

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 a…

published 2012-05-24 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2871

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 2.6.39.3
  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1350RHSA-2012:0010

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2898 updated cvss 1.9

kernel: af_packet: infoleak

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1350
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.33.9-rt31.79.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0010
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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