Description
The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Published: 2009-10-19
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4872 The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f3f2328f63c521fe4b435f148687452f98b2349 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30e744716c4a6cc4e8ecaaddf68f20057c03dc8d cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3408cce0c2f380884070896420ca566704452fb5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a47077a0b5aa2649751c46e7a27884e6686ccbf cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b3563c4fbff906991a1b4ef4609f99cca2a0de6a cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4881 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11744 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4881 cve-icon
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.398Z

Reserved: 2009-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4881

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-19T20:00:00.420

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2005-4881

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-4881 - Bugzilla

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