CVE-2010-4079
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2010-4079 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 as they did not include support for the Conexant's
CX23415/CX23416 codec chip.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:0007 | 2011-01-11 |
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2010:0958 | 2010-12-08 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation