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CVE-2010-3297
The eql_g_master_cfg function in drivers/net/eql.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The eql_g_master_cfg function in drivers/net/eql.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an EQL_GETMASTRCFG ioctl call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References21
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100914 Re: CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100914 CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=44467187dc22fdd33a1a06ea0ba86ce20be3fe3c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1041-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 42758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20100911 [PATCH] drivers/net/eql.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1057-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 41440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3296 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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