CVE-2010-2942 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-2942

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the...

Vulnerability Description

The actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members when performing dump operations, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors related to (1) the tcf_gact_dump function in net/sched/act_gact.c, (2) the tcf_mirred_dump function in net/sched/act_mirred.c, (3) the tcf_nat_dump function in net/sched/act_nat.c, (4) the tcf_simp_dump function in net/sched/act_simple.c, and (5) the tcf_skbedit_dump function in net/sched/act_skbedit.c.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, ubuntu linux, opensuse, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, aura communication manager, aura presence services, aura session manager, aura system manager, aura system platform, iq, voice portal, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.36, 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.1, 11.3, 10, 11, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 1.1, 5.0, 5.1, 4.0, 4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 21st, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.