ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.2
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
  2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html
  3. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
  4. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
  5. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
  6. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
  7. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
  8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
  9. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
  10. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
  11. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
  12. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2
  13. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029
  14. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
  15. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
  16. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
  17. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
  18. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
  19. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
  20. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3