cve/2010/CVE-2010-4072.md

CVE-2010-4072

Description

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."

POC

Reference

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Github

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