Description
The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 ↗
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492 ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 ↗