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CVE-2010-3861

Description

The ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2478.

POC

Reference

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1

Github

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