CVE-2010-4655

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <2.6.36 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-665
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36
vmware/esx 4.0
vmware/esx 4.1
Published Jul 18, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026