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CVE-2010-4082

Published: 30 November 2010

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the VIA video driver did not correctly clear kernel memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Not vulnerable

karmic
Released (2.6.31-22.73)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-26.46)
maverick
Released (2.6.35-23.36)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.37-2.9)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b4aaa78f4c2f9cde2f335b14f4ca30b01f9651ca
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-307.27)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-310.19)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-112.30)
lucid
Released (2.6.31-609.26)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.35-23.40~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1.27~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-213.29)
maverick
Released (2.6.32-414.30)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick
Released (2.6.35-903.23)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1201.2)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc5)