CVE - CVE-2010-2942

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2942	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The 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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:41512 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 MISC:42529 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42529 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:ADV-2010-2430 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0298 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2010:0723 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html MISC:RHSA-2010:0771 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html MISC:RHSA-2010:0779 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:040 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:041 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:054 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:060 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2011:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html MISC:USN-1000-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20100818 CVE request - kernel: net sched memleak URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/18/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20100819 Re: CVE request - kernel: net sched memleak URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/4 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c40be12f7d8ca1d387510d39787b12e512a7ce8 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c40be12f7d8ca1d387510d39787b12e512a7ce8 MISC:http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/61857/ URL:http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/61857/ MISC:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 URL:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc2 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624903 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624903
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100804	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100804)
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