Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24240Information Disclosure
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
kernel is vulnerable to information dislcosure. It was found that wireless drivers might not always clear allocated buffers when handling a driver-specific IOCTL information request. A local user could trigger this flaw to cause an information leak.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Technical_Notes/index.html#RHSA-2010:0842
forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commit;h=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351
secunia.com/advisories/41245
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0842
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N