CVE-2010-3296

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-09-30

Description

The cxgb_extension_ioctl function in drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a CHELSIO_GET_QSET_NUM ioctl call.

See more information about CVE-2010-3296 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 Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0421	2011-04-07

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