CVE-2010-3877
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The get_name function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.
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% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3855)
- 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-2010-3855 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
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88f8a5e3e7defccd3925cabb1ee4d3994e5cdb52
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507420917&w=2(Patch, 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/2010/11/04/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884(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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.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)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649717(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64578(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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