CVE-2010-4655
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 2.6.36 |
| vmware / esx | 4.1 | 4.1.x |
| vmware / esx | 4.0 | 4.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | 8.04.x |
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297
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