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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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-516-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3607-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5469 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3016-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3016-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3016-3 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3016-4 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3017-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3017-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3017-3 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3018-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3018-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3019-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3020-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3021-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3021-2 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg140243.html cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4482 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4482 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.667Z

Reserved: 2016-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4482

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:00.113

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4482

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4482 - Bugzilla

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