Description
The sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.
Affected products
- Debian / debian_linux5.0 – 5.0
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36 – 2.6.36
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36
- openSUSE / opensuse11.3 – 11.3
- openSUSE / opensuse11.2 – 11.2
- SUSE / linux_enterprise_desktop10 – 10
- SUSE / linux_enterprise_real_time_extension11 – 11
- SUSE / linux_enterprise_server10 – 10
- SUSE / linux_enterprise_software_development_kit10 – 10
References
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- MISChttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fd02db9de73faebc51240619c7c7f99bee9f65c7
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43810
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648665
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- MISChttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126