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CVE-2010-4083

Published: 30 November 2010

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the semctl syscall did not correctly clear kernel memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy
Released (2.6.24-28.86)
karmic
Released (2.6.31-22.73)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-28.52)
maverick
Released (2.6.35-27.47)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.37-2.9)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=982f7c2b2e6a28f8f266e075d92e19c0dd4c6e56
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-307.27)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-312.24)
maverick Ignored
(binary supplied by "linux" now)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-112.30)
lucid
Released (2.6.31-609.26)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.35-28.50~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1.27~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Ignored
(abandonded branch)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-214.30)
maverick
Released (2.6.32-414.30)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (2.6.15-55.93)
hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick
Released (2.6.35-903.23)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1201.2)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc7)