Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-2226
Published: September 3, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92618
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2226
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2226
Install update from vendor's repository.
External References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605158
- http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.130710.301704aa.en.html
- http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.135735.40f53a32.en.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40920
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127677135609357&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127687486331790&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1817176a86352f65210139d4c794ad2d19fc6b63