CVE-2010-4074 | BDVDB-2026-44141 Detail
Description#
The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the (1) mos7720_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c and (2) mos7840_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0846f1868b11cd827bdfeaf4527d8b1b1c0b098
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648659
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/392
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.