CVE-2010-3876
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-909
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3854)
- Published
- January 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3854 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise real time extension
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248f
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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