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CVE-2010-4075
Published: Nov 29, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20100925 CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
RHSA-2011:0017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
46397
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2011:0007
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[linux-kernel] 20100915 [PATCH] drivers/serial/serial_core.c: prevent readinguninitialized stack memory
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2010:0958
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
42963
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
42884
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
42890
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2011:0162
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2011-0168
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
[oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
43806
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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