CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3078

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2010-09-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-09-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

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 configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.35.4) • linux linux kernel 2.6.36 • opensuse opensuse 11.1 • opensuse opensuse 11.3 • suse suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse suse linux enterprise server 11 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.10 • vmware esx 4.0 • vmware esx 4.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References