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.

Published: Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2010-4655
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-665

Affected Software
References

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

Vulnerability Database

289,599

CVE-2010-4655