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CVE-2010-2942

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2010-09-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump function in net/sched/act_simple.c, and (5) the tcf_skbedit_dump function in net/sched/act_skbedit.c.

Affected Platforms

Suse Suse Linux Enterprise ServerAvaya Aura Presence ServicesAvaya Aura System PlatformCanonical Ubuntu LinuxAvaya Aura Session ManagerAvaya Aura System ManagerAvaya Voice PortalVmware EsxAvaya Aura Communication ManagerAvaya Iq

Weakness Type

CWE-401

References