A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This flaw is due to an error where the "sockaddr_in.sin_zero" array is not correctly zeroed during a "getsockopt()" operation with the "SO_ORIGINAL_DST" option, which could cause a vulnerable system to disclose portions of the kernel stack.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Pavel Kankovsky
ChangeLog
2006-05-31 : Initial release
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