CVE-2009-3612
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Information disclosure
2.1CVSS LOW
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.
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 (2)
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/35412/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37086Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909Advisory