CVE-2010-3078
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Information disclosure
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a122eb2fdfd78b58c6dd992d6f4b1aaef667eef9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41512
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890