The bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.36 and earlier creates a publicly accessible file with a filename containing a kernel memory address, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about kernel memory use by listing this filename.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2010-12-29T17:27:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:51:17.730Z
Reserved: 2010-12-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4565
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2010-12-29T18:00:02.930
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:21:13.117
Link: CVE-2010-4565
Redhat