CVE-2009-1192

Description (CNA)

The (1) agp_generic_alloc_page and (2) agp_generic_alloc_pages functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc3 do not zero out pages that may later be available to a user-space process, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these pages.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10567
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37351
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497020
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/22/2
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34673
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35343
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8003
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59de2bebabc5027f93df999d59cc65df591c3e6e
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

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