The viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFB_GET_INFO ioctl call.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b4aaa78f4c2f9cde2f335b14f4ca30b01f9651ca
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03392.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43817 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648671 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-11-30T22:00:00

Updated: 2010-12-10T10:00:00

Reserved: 2010-10-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-4082

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-30T22:14:00.803

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:06:06.653


Link: CVE-2010-4082

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CWE