CVE-2010-4079: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 5.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.36 (fixed in 2.6.36); version 2.6.36 only

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