CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4565
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-29
- 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-200
Description
The bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.36 and earlier creates a publicly accessible file with a filename containing a kernel memory address, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about kernel memory use by listing this filename.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.36)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44661 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145791.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145796.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146270.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146468.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664544 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44661 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145791.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145796.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146270.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146468.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664544 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory