CVE-2010-4072

The 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."

• CWE-200

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43161Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45054Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43161Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45054Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 29, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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