gsd-2010-4079
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 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.
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Aliases
CVE-2010-4079


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2020-08-12T18:06Z",
      "publishedDate": "2010-11-29T16:00Z"
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}


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