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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.linux.sgi.com/archives/xfs-masters/2010-09/msg00002.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=a122eb2fdfd78b58c6dd992d6f4b1aaef667eef9 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/12 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024418 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41284 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630804 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43022 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 ↗