Description
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 1.9/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 3, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified