FKIE_CVE-2010-4073
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-11-29 16:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:24
Severity
Summary
The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.3 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_real_time_extension | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 9 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 10 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 |
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