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.
Max CVSS
5.5
EPSS Score
0.05%
Published
2011-07-18
Updated
2023-02-13
1 vulnerabilities found