CVE-2009-3612 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3612?

CVE-2009-3612 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3612?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3612?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2009-3612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vr55-mp4p-wfh2.