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Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the proto_ops ".getname" functions for various protocols not properly clearing certain structure members before returning them to userspace, which can be exploited to disclose kernel memory.

Solution
Update to version 2.6.27.32 or 2.6.30.6.

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog
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Original Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/linus/09384dfc76e526c3993c09c42e016372dc9dd22c
http://git.kernel.org/linus/e84b90ae5eb3c112d1f208964df1d8156a538289
http://git.kernel.org/linus/3d392475c873c10c10d6d96b94d092a34ebd4791
http://git.kernel.org/linus/f6b97b29513950bfbf621a83d85b6f86b39ec8db
http://git.kernel.org/linus/80922bbb12a105f858a8f0abb879cb4302d0ecaa
http://git.kernel.org/linus/17ac2e9c58b69a1e25460a568eae1b0dc0188c25
http://git.kernel.org/linus/28e9fc592cb8c7a43e4d3147b38be6032a0e81bc

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