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Tracker / CVE-2010-4083

CVE-2010-4083

Low 1.9

The copy_semid_to_user function in ipc/sem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) IPC_INFO, (2) SEM_INFO, (3) IPC_STAT, or (4) SEM_STAT command in a semctl system call.

Affected products and versions

debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.36
opensuse opensuse
suse linux_enterprise_desktop
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
suse linux_enterprise_server
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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