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."
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2010-11-29T15:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.735Z
Reserved: 2010-10-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4072
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:02.743
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:20:10.513
Link: CVE-2010-4072
Redhat