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kern/39935: ksymsread can leak contents of kernel memory to userspace
>Number: 39935
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ksymsread can leak contents of kernel memory to userspace
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 16 16:25:01 +0000 2008
>Originator: Andrew Doran
>Release: 5.99.2
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
ksyms_modunload() preserves symbol tables if /dev/ksyms is open,
however it does not manage the symbol table memory.
>How-To-Repeat:
Code inspection.
>Fix:
Pass ownership of symbol table memory from subr_kobj to kern_ksyms
when ksyms_modload() is called.
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