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CVE-2010-2942 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c40be12f7d8ca1d387510d39787b12e512a7ce8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/61857/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/18/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42529 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624903 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2942
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.