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CVE-2010-3876 Details

Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.

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/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f CVE
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-909Missing Initialization of Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3876
NVD Published Date:
Jan 3, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3876 Details - Not Deferred