CVE-2010-4072

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-11-29
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2011-0162	2011-01-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12