CVE-2010-4075

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…

published November 29, 2010

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00387 · 31.6th percentile
Published
2010-11-29T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 NOV 15:00Z
    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…
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