CVE-2010-3078 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3078?

CVE-2010-3078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3078?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Vmware Esx.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3078?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-3078 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3078 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m459-3946-3859.