Published: 29/11/2010 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 169

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The copy_shmid_to_user function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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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linux linux kernel
linux linux kernel 2.6.37
suse linux enterprise server 10
suse linux enterprise desktop 11
suse linux enterprise server 11
suse linux enterprise server 9
opensuse opensuse 11.3
suse linux enterprise desktop 10
suse linux enterprise software development kit 10
suse linux enterprise real time extension 11
debian debian linux 5.0
canonical ubuntu linux 10.10
canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

Multiple kernel flaws ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel ...

Multiple kernel flaws ...

An attacker could send crafted input to the kernel and cause it to crash ...

Multiple security flaws have been fixed in the OMAP4 port of the Linux kernel ...

Multiple kernel flaws ...

Multiple security flaws in Linux kernel ...

CWE-200 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45054 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280 http://secunia.com/advisories/43161 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1072-1/

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