VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4655

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-07-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references