CVE-2010-4072
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 29, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 25, 2010
Description
The copy_shmid_to_user function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the shmctl system call and the "old shm interface."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SA:2011:004vendor-advisory
- 42778third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolemailing-list
- RHSA-2011:0017vendor-advisory
- 46397third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:001vendor-advisory
- 42932third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656
- 45054vdb-entry
- USN-1041-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:0007vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0124vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2011:007vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:060vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0298vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0958vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:051vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- 42963third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
- ADV-2011-0280vdb-entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- 42758third-party-advisory
- 42884third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0375vdb-entry
- [linux-kernel] 20101006 [PATCH] ipc: initialize structure memory to zero for shmctlmailing-list
- 42890third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2011:0162vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0012vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2011:008vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0168vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2011:029vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- USN-1057-1vendor-advisory
- 43291third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0070vdb-entry
- 43161third-party-advisory
- DSA-2126vendor-advisory
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