CVE-2009-3612 (GCVE-0-2009-3612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-10-19 19:27 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:31
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-16… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/37086 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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