Description
The sys_get_thread_area function in process.c in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.13 does not clear a data structure before copying it to userspace, which might allow a user process to obtain sensitive information.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9748 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15527 ↗
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/3/36 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71ae18ec690953e9ba7107c7cc44589c2cc0d9f1 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19252 ↗
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042e81864gSEM90Oun0jA8dufpM3inw ↗