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GSD-2010-4655

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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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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CVE-2010-4655
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      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0263",
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