CVE-2009-3612

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-10-19
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1522	2009-10-22
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.15.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1522	2009-10-22
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.15.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1522	2009-10-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16