CVE-2010-4081
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The snd_hdspm_hwdep_ioctl function in sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an SNDRV_HDSPM_IOCTL_GET_CONFIG_INFO ioctl call.
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Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 as they did not include support for RME Hammerfall DSP
MADI Audio interface.
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:0017 | 2011-01-13 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation