Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-3228
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.31
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38794 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secunia.com/advisories/37084 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)