CVE-2010-2942

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2942
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-21 18:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:21:00 UTC
DescriptionThe actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump function in net/sched/act_simple.c, and (5) the tcf_skbedit_dump function in net/sched/act_skbedit.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avaya Aura Communication Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Communication Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 5.2 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.0 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Manager 6.1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 6.0 - All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 1.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 6.0 - All All
Application Avaya Aura System Platform 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Avaya Iq 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Iq 5.1 All All All
Application Avaya Iq 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Iq 5.1 All All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.1 - All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.1 sp1 All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.1 - All All
Application Avaya Voice Portal 5.1 sp1 All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All

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Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
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net sched: fix some kernel memory leaks - Patchwork CONFIRM patchwork.ozlabs.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.kernel.org CONFIRM git.kernel.org Broken Link
oss-security - CVE request - kernel: net sched memleak MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
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