PT-2010-5278
CVE-2010-4079
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Published
2010-11-29
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Updated
2020-08-12
Description by
CVSS 2.0
1.9
LowMetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36-rc8
Description
The issue is related to the improper initialization of a structure member in the ivtvfb ioctl function, which can be exploited by local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory. This can be achieved via an FBIOGET VBLANK ioctl call.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36-rc8, update to version 2.6.36-rc8 or later to resolve the issue.
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