VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3876

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-909: Missing Initialization of Resource

Primary references