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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-4083 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=982f7c2b2e6a28f8f266e075d92e19c0dd4c6e56 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43809 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg80234.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648673 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4083
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE