CVE-2010-4075

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
• http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43806

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
• http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43806

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