kernel: net/sched/act_police.c infoleak
Published Sep 21, 2010
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.6.36
- 2.6.36
- 2.6.36
- 2.6.36
- 2.6.36
Configuration 2
- 5.0
Configuration 3
- 6.06
- 8.04
- 9.04
- 9.10
- 10.04
- 10.10
No data.
MRG for RHEL-5
kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.55.el5rt
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0330
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-89.31.1.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0779
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-0:2.6.18-194.26.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0839
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0007
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRG for RHEL-5 | kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.55.el5rt | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0330 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-89.31.1.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0779 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-0:2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0839 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0007 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 32.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 31.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 21.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f04cfd098fb81fded74e78ea1a1b86cc6c6c31e x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024603 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3477 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636386 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3477
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3477
Change history (0)
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