CVE-2010-3477
Publication date 21 September 2010
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Eric Dumazet discovered that many network functions could leak kernel stack contents. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
linux | ||
linux-ec2 | ||
linux-fsl-imx51 | ||
linux-lts-backport-maverick | ||
linux-mvl-dove | ||
linux-source-2.6.15 | ||
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References
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