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CVE-2010-4655

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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.

Date published : 2011-07-18

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

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