CVE-2009-3228
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · CWE-909
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6