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CVE-2010-4074
Published: Nov 29, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20100925 CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648659
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RHSA-2011:0007
vendor-advisory
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[linux-kernel] 20100915 [PATCH] drivers/usb/serial/mos*: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory
mailing-list
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RHSA-2010:0958
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
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45074
vdb-entry
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42890
third-party-advisory
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[oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-2126
vendor-advisory
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