Memory Leak Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELFIRMWARE-1421090
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Sept 2010

Introduced: 7 Sep 2010

CVE-2010-3078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0007.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-firmware package and not the kernel-firmware package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call.

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