CVEs-PoC/2010/CVE-2010-4083.md

### [CVE-2010-4083](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4083)
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### Description

The copy_semid_to_user function in ipc/sem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) IPC_INFO, (2) SEM_INFO, (3) IPC_STAT, or (4) SEM_STAT command in a semctl system call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

#### Github
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