CVE-2010-3477 in Linux Kernel
Summary
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.
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Reservation
09/21/2010
Disclosure
09/21/2010
Status
Confirmed
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VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54800 | Linux Kernel tcf_act_police_dump resource management | 399 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2010-3477 |