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CVE-2010-4078

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 struct

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 18

openwall.com

secunia.com

git.kernel.org

securityfocus.com

lists.opensuse.org

vupen.com

mandriva.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

kernel.org

debian.org