CVE-2010-4076

Publication date 29 November 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The rs_ioctl function in drivers/char/amiserial.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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-30.55
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-34.73
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.6.24-29.91
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-ec2 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-318.37
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.31-610.27
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.35-30.55~lucid1
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-natty 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-mvl-dove 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.32-418.35
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-218.35
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
linux-ti-omap4 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-903.23
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

dapper_linux-source-2.6.15 was marked as pending but was not applied in 2.6.15-57.94. Marked down to 'needed'

References

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