CVE-2010-4655

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2011-07-18

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-665

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Esx (Vmware)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297