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."
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2010-11-29T15:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01
Reserved: 2010-10-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4072
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:02.743
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:06:05.203
Link: CVE-2010-4072
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