CVE-2009-3612

CVE-2009-3612 affects the Linux kernel’s net/sched/cls_api.c tcf_fill_node in the netlink subsystem. The issue is that a tcm__pad2 structure member is not initialized, potentially allowing local attackers to read sensitive kernel memory. Affected: kernel 2.6.x prior to 2.6.32-rc5 and 2.4.37.6 and...

CVE-2009-3612

The tcffillnode function in net/sched/clsapi.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcmpad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified...