Tracker / CVE-2016-4482
CVE-2016-4482
Medium 6.2
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.
Affected products and versions
| canonical | ubuntu_linux |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 4.6 |
| novell | 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 |
Analysis
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