PT-2010-4846 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1
Jeff Mahoney
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Published
2010-09-21
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Updated
2020-08-14
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CVE-2010-3477
CVSS v2.0
2.1
Low
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36-rc4
Description
The issue is related to the
tcf act police dump function in the network queueing functionality, which does not properly initialize certain structure members. This allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36-rc4, update to version 2.6.36-rc4 or later to resolve the issue.
Fix
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Red Hat