CVE-2009-3612

The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.

🔗 References (48)

• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
• secalert@redhathttp://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37086
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37909
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38794
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38834
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1