SUSE CVE-2010-4082

The viafbioctlgetviafbinfo function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFBGETINFO ioctl call...

kernel: drivers/video/via/ioctl.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The viafbioctlgetviafbinfo function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFBGETINFO ioctl call...

PT-2010-5279

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36-rc5 Description The issue is related to the viafb ioctl get viafb info function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain...