CVE-2010-4655
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-665
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4620)
- Published
- July 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4620 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Broken Link)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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