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CVE-2017-5549

Published: Feb 6, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The klsi_105_get_line_state function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416114

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