CVE-2009-3228

Vulnerability 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.

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References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/PatchThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37084Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38794Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38834Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6Broken Link
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory