CVE-2010-4079 | BDVDB-2026-44146 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45062
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc8
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=405707985594169cfd0b1d97d29fcb4b4c6f2ac9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648666
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/393
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.