First published: Mon Nov 01 2010(Updated: )
Description of problem: The VIAFB_GET_INFO device ioctl allows unprivileged users to read 1968 bytes of uninitialized stack memory, because the "reserved" member of the viafb_ioctl_info struct declared on the stack is not altered or zeroed before being copied back to the user. Reference: <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6</a> <a href="http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03392.html">http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03392.html</a> Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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debian/linux-2.6 | ||
Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.36 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.36 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.36-rc1 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.36-rc2 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.36-rc3 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.36-rc4 | |
openSUSE openSUSE | =11.2 | |
openSUSE openSUSE | =11.3 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp1 | |
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =11-sp1 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp1 |
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