01 Record

CVE-2010-3876

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2011-01-03 19:26Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-10-08

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-909Missing Initialization of ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1bb9feef87eb1d598f70d5712005e47c8963df368d248f7fd32af35789a8c8b0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_real_time_extensionNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com42789http://secunia.com/advisories/42789third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: CVE request: kernel stack infoleakshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0024http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0004http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: CVE request: kernel stack infoleakshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2x_refsource_CONFIRM
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101104 Re: CVE request: kernel stack infoleakshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0007http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67286640f638f5ad41a946b9a3dc75327950248fx_refsource_CONFIRM
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: CVE request: kernel stack infoleakshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0958http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
secunia.com42963http://secunia.com/advisories/42963third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649715x_refsource_CONFIRM
marc.info[netdev] 20101031 [PATCH 2/3] net: packet: fix information leak to userlandhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128854507220908&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 CVE request: kernel stack infoleakshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com42890http://secunia.com/advisories/42890third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0162http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0168http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com44630http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44630vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.debian.orgDSA-2126http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN