oss-security - Re: CVE Request: kernel: socket filters infoleak

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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:33:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: kernel: socket filters infoleak

Please use CVE-2010-4158

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- "Eugene Teo" <eugene@...hat.com> wrote:

> From Dan Rosenberg, "The "mem" array used as scratch space for socket
> 
> filters is not initialized, allowing unprivileged users to leak kernel
> 
> stack bytes."
> 
> proposed fix: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146361.html
> 
> reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698
> 
> For Dave I guess: 
> http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077321.html
> 
> Eugene
> -- 
> main(i) { putchar(182623909 >> (i-1) * 5&31|!!(i<7)<<6) && main(++i);
> }

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