CVE ID:	CVE-2010-4655
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.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69222   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69426   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69970
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4655 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded 45972 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45972 46397 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 USN-1146-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 [linux-kernel] 20101007 [PATCH] net: clear heap allocations for privileged ethtool actions https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/7/297 [oss-security] 20110124 CVE request: linux kernel heap issues http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 [oss-security] 20110124 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3 [oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4 [oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/5 [oss-security] 20110128 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b00916b189d13a615ff05c9242201135992fcda3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672428