CVE - CVE-2010-4076

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4076	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The rs_ioctl function in drivers/char/amiserial.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.36.1 and earlier 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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648661 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20100915 [PATCH] drivers/char/amiserial.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/389 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100925 CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20101025	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20101025)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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