CVE-2009-3612

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-10-19

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-3612 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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

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