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CVE-2009-3228
medium
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.
References
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html