Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4655
CVE-2010-4655
Description
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.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Patches
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References
14- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/46397nvdBroken Link
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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