CVE-2009-3612

The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.

• CWE-200

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37086Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37909Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38794Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38834Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10395Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7557Third Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad61df918c44316940404891d5082c63e79c256a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/35412/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37086Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37909Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38794Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38834Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/14/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528868Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10395Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7557Third Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

Oct 19, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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