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CVE-2016-4482

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.2
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.035

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3018-1) linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3018-1) linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3018-1) linux-image-3.13.0-91-lowlatency_3.13.0-91.138_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3018-1) linux-image-3.13.0-91-lowlatency_3.13.0-91.138_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3018-2) linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3018-2) linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3021-1) linux-image-3.2.0-105-generic_3.2.0-105.146_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3021-1) linux-image-3.2.0-105-generic_3.2.0-105.146_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3021-1) linux-image-3.2.0-105-generic-pae_3.2.0-105.146_i386.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.16.3.el6uek update (ELSA-2017-3515) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.16.3.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.16.3.el7uek update (ELSA-2017-3515) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.16.3.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek update (ELSA-2017-3534) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek update (ELSA-2017-3534) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234