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CVE-2010-4565 (GCVE-0-2010-4565)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-29 17:27 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
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Summary
The bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.36 and earlier creates a publicly accessible file with a filename containing a kernel memory address, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about kernel memory use by listing this filename.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2010-11-02 00:00
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