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…

published July 18, 2011

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00397 · 32.7th percentile
Published
2011-07-18T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUL 19:00Z
    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…
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