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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-11-29T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.692Z

Reserved: 2010-10-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-4074

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:02.900

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:20:10.900

Link: CVE-2010-4074

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4074 - Bugzilla