CVE-2010-4073: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5) compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 5.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.37 (fixed in 2.6.37)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.3 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 10 only

Published 2010-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.