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[Mathew Hodson <mathew.hodson@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CVE removed: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-4249

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/806366

Title:
  CVE-2010-4073

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Hardy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The ipc subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize
  certain structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially
  sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the
  (1) compat_sys_semctl, (2) compat_sys_msgctl, and (3) compat_sys_shmctl
  functions in ipc/compat.c; and the (4) compat_sys_mq_open and (5)
  compat_sys_mq_getsetattr functions in ipc/compat_mq.c.

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