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CVE-2016-4482 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2016-4482

MEDIUM6.2

The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio

Published May 23, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee ADVISORYhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2 WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4482

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

6.2

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

6.2/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 23, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024