The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain…

Description

The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (34)

• 45073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
• RHSA-2011:0017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03145beb455cf5c20a761e8451e30b8a74ba58d9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 8366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20101006 [PATCH v3] IPC: Initialize structure memory to zero for compat functions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:34 UTC.