CVE-2010-4158

The CVE-2010-4158 issue affects the Linux kernel (pre-2.6.36.2) where sk_run_filter in net/core/filter.c may execute BPF_S_LD_MEM or BPF_S_LDX_MEM before a memory location is initialized. This can allow local users to read potentially sensitive kernel stack memory via a crafted socket filter. The...

CVE-2010-4158: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The skrunfilter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not check whether a certain memory location has been initialized before executing a 1 BPFSLDMEM or 2 BPFSLDXMEM instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stac...