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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2264-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4051 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1086-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1089-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1090-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1092-1 Linux Kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1093-1 Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1105-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1187-1 Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1202-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1204-1 Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.167Z

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

Link: CVE-2010-4075

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:03.070

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-4075

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2010-4075 - Bugzilla

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