Description
The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1 ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 ↗
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073 ↗
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/ ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 ↗