CVE-2010-4082 in Linux Kernelinfo

Summary

The viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFB_GET_INFO ioctl call.

Reservation

10/25/2010

Disclosure

11/30/2010

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