gsd-2010-4655
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
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