CVE-2016-4482
The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.2 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2016-05-23
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- Linux Kernel (Linux)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (Novell)
- Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension (Novell)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
