Description
The viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFB_GET_INFO 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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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43817 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b4aaa78f4c2f9cde2f335b14f4ca30b01f9651ca ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 ↗
- http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03392.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648671 ↗