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CVE-2010-4077
medium
Description
The ntty_ioctl_tiocgicount function in drivers/char/nozomi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.36.1 and earlier does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648663
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45059
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03387.html