CVE-2010-4079
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 29, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 25, 2010
Description
The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.
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
- [oss-security] 20100925 CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- 45062vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- RHSA-2011:0007vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc8
- RHSA-2010:0958vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- 42890third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=405707985594169cfd0b1d97d29fcb4b4c6f2ac9
- [oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosuresmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648666
- [linux-kernel] 20100915 [PATCH] drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memorymailing-list
- DSA-2126vendor-advisory
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