The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0846f1868b11cd827bdfeaf4527d8b1b1c0b098
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648659
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/392
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
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