CVE-2010-4073

The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

CVSS v2.0

1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73th percentile

Published

2010-11-29

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8366

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17787

Exploit collections (1)

• helloexp/0day/tree/master/98-Linux%E6%8F%90%E6%9D%83/2010/CVE-2010-4073

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-4057
• CVE-2010-4077
• CVE-2010-4056
• CVE-2010-4091
• CVE-2010-4055
• CVE-2010-4094