CVE-2010-3477

N/A Unknown
Published: September 21, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f04cfd098fb81fded74e78ea1a1b86cc6c6c31e
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024603
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f04cfd098fb81fded74e78ea1a1b86cc6c6c31e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024603
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
32th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

debian linux canonical

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