CVE-2005-4881
The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2005-4872)
- Published
- October 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-4872 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f3f2328f63c521fe4b435f148687452f98b2349
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30e744716c4a6cc4e8ecaaddf68f20057c03dc8d
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3408cce0c2f380884070896420ca566704452fb5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a47077a0b5aa2649751c46e7a27884e6686ccbf
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b3563c4fbff906991a1b4ef4609f99cca2a0de6a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11744
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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