CVE-2010-4655

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <2.6.36 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.

References (14)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-665

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36

vmware/esx

vmware/esx

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Jul 18, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026