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CVE-2010-4655
published 2011-07-18

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…

medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
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.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
linuxlinux_kernel< 2.6.362.6.36
vmwareesx
vmwareesx
vmwarevmware_esxi
vmwarevmware_workstation
vmwarevsphere