CVE-2010-4074

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.

Category

1.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
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 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5 broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648659 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/392 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45074 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4074?
CVE-2010-4074 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4074?
To fix CVE-2010-4074, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4074 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-4074 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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