CVE-2010-4072

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4072
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-29 16:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe copy_shmid_to_user function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the shmctl system call and the "old shm interface."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2126-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
Bug 648656 – CVE-2010-4072 kernel: ipc/shm.c: reading uninitialized stack memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for linux-source-2.6.15 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-1041-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'hmid_ds structure' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for linux and linux-ec2 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Kees Cook: [PATCH] ipc: initialize structure memory to zero for shmctl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1057-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Realtime Linux Kernel (S af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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