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CVE-2010-3078
The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.41%
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- redhat
Description
The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (23)
- [oss-security] 20100907 CVE request: kernel: xfs: XFS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [xfs-masters] 20100906 [PATCH] xfs: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a122eb2fdfd78b58c6dd992d6f4b1aaef667eef9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0839 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100907 Re: CVE request: kernel: xfs: XFS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl memory leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 41284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630804 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 43022 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41512 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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