CVE-2010-4075 | BDVDB-2026-44142 Detail
Description#
The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.