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 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 18, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified