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Kernel 0-day - read the uninitialized bytes of the kernel stack
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gasull
on Nov 11, 2010
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jws
on Nov 11, 2010
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Uninitialized scratch array in the Berkeley Packet Filter code. It is smallish, 16 words? But presumably you can run the attack a lot and see a bunch of different 16 words sections.
The astounding patch can be found here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128934173821229&w...
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The astounding patch can be found here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128934173821229&w...