CVE-2010-3078

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-09-21
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12