CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3228
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-10-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-909
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.37.6)
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.0 < 2.6.31)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.31
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 5.4
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a git.kernel.org
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b git.kernel.org
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a git.kernel.org
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b git.kernel.org
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html Third Party Advisory