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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-909 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-909 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• [oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090916 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1540 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-864-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 38794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090903 CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1522 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9409 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1548 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 38834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090906 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090907 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090905 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 1023073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:22 UTC.