CVE-2010-3296

CVE Details

Release Date:2010-09-30
Impact:Low What is this?

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.

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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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-04212011-04-07


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