CVE-2011-1078: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.38.8; version 2.6.38 only; version 2.6.38.1 only; version 2.6.38.2 only; version 2.6.38.3 only; version 2.6.38.4 only; …

Published 2012-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.