Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-3298
The hso_get_count function in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.36
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 9.10, 10.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0
- Opensuse — versions 11.3, 11.2
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_real_time_extension — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)