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Tracker / CVE-2009-3228

CVE-2009-3228

Low 2.1

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 and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · 2.4.0 → 2.4.37.6
linux linux_kernel · 2.6.0 → 2.6.31
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation

Analysis

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