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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 potenti

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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References 14

ubuntu.com

securityfocus.com

openwall.com

secunia.com

vmware.com

git.kernel.org

kernel.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

lkml.org