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CVE-2010-4079

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

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Summary

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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References 13

openwall.com

securityfocus.com

redhat.com

kernel.org

secunia.com

git.kernel.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

lkml.org

debian.org