CVE-2010-3078

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41284