CVE-2009-3612 | BDVDB-2026-38972 Detail
Description#
The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37086
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10395
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7557
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.