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CVE-2010-3477 Details

Description

The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f04cfd098fb81fded74e78ea1a1b86cc6c6c31e CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4 CVEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 2.6.36
2.6.36 -
2.6.36 rc1
2.6.36 rc2
2.6.36 rc3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
6.06
8.04
9.04
9.10
10.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3477
NVD Published Date:
Sep 21, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3477 Details - Not Deferred