CVE-2010-4655

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-665

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 18, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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