Description
The tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
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
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684671 ↗
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/13 ↗