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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 ↗