CVE-2009-3228

Linux Kernel <2.4.37.6 & <2.6.31-rc9 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (25)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/37084

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/38794

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/38834

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

... and 5 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-909

Status draft

Affected Products (19)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.4.37.6

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

... and 4 more

Timeline

Published Oct 19, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026