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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-07-18T19:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01
Reserved: 2011-01-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4655
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-07-18T19:55:00.737
Modified: 2023-02-13T03:21:34.720
Link: CVE-2010-4655
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