National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3297

Overview

The eql_g_master_cfg function in drivers/net/eql.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an EQL_GETMASTRCFG ioctl call.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=44467187dc22fdd33a1a06ea0ba86ce20be3fe3c

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=44467187dc22fdd33a1a06ea0ba86ce20be3fe3c

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633145

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633145

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0298

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0280

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0070

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1057-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1041-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1

External Source: BID

Name: 43229

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43229

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0771

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100914 Re: CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/7

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100914 CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/2

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:051

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2126

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43161

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43161

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42758

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42758

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 41440

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/41440

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20100911 [PATCH] drivers/net/eql.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory

Hyperlink:http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/11/168

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2011:007

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:052

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:054

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:050

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html