Kernel Stack Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2010-4081 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The snd_hdspm_hwdep_ioctl function in sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an SNDRV_HDSPM_IOCTL_GET_CONFIG_INFO ioctl call.

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