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CVE-2010-4074

LOW
1.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the (1) mos7720_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c and (2) mos7840_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linux kernelNVD
Affected:< 2.6.36Fixed in:2.6.36CVE-2010-4074derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

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