386439 – Kernel: ethtool.c CAP_NET_ADMIN Information disclosure (CVE-2010-4655)

Bug 386439 - Kernel: ethtool.c CAP_NET_ADMIN Information disclosure (CVE-2010-4655)

Summary: Kernel: ethtool.c CAP_NET_ADMIN Information disclosure (CVE-2010-4655)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	[linux < 2.6.36]
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Reported:	2011-10-08 17:40 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2013-09-16 00:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-10-08 17:40:16 UTC

CVE-2010-4655 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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 potentially
  sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the
  CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.