CVE-2010-4072
LOW severity · CVSS 1.9 · Information disclosure
1.9CVSS LOW
Summary
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."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Advisory