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CVE-2009-3228
Published: Oct 19, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20090916 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
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RHSA-2009:1540
vendor-advisory
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USN-864-1
vendor-advisory
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38794
third-party-advisory
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[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
mailing-list
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MDVSA-2010:198
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20090903 CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990
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37084
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2009:1522
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9409
vdb-entry
signature
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RHSA-2009:1548
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
38834
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20090906 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20090907 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20090905 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak
mailing-list
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1023073
vdb-entry
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http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6757
vdb-entry
signature
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ADV-2010-0528
vdb-entry
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