Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-4158

Title: Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2010-4158

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Dec 30, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.87%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-4158: The sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not check whether a certain memory location has been initialized before executing a (1) BPF_S_LD_MEM or (2) BPF_S_LDX_MEM instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted socket filter.

Impacted Vendors

L
linux 1
R
redhat 1
O
opensuse 1
U
ubuntu 1
S
suse 5
F
fedoraproject 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57fe93b374a6b8711995c2d466c502af9f3a08bb http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077321.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514705 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44758 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146361.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57fe93b374a6b8711995c2d466c502af9f3a08bb http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077321.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514705 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44758 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146361.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-4158 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34987
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.