CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4073
1.9 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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 configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.37)
• opensuse opensuse 11.3
• suse linux enterprise desktop 10
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise real time extension 11
• suse linux enterprise server 9
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• suse linux enterprise server 11
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 10
• debian debian linux 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/492 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory