CVE-2010-4075

Low

Description

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS1.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 29, 2010
First seenNov 29, 2010

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel2.6.37 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 2.6.372.6.37

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