The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-05-23T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.667Z
Reserved: 2016-05-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4482
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:00.113
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:18.700
Link: CVE-2016-4482
Redhat