Is CVE-2009-3612 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3612 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3612?

CVE-2009-3612 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2009-3612

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.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 tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3593)
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-2009-3593 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37086(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10395(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7557(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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