CVE-2010-4074
Published: 29 November 2010
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Dan Rosenberg discovered that the USB subsystem did not correctly initialize certian structures. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Released
(2.6.24-28.86)
|
|
karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-22.73)
|
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a0846f1868b11cd827bdfeaf4527d8b1b1c0b098 |
||
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-307.27)
|
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-112.30)
|
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.31-608.22)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Does not exist
|
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Not vulnerable
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Does not exist
|
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
|
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Does not exist
|
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.36~rc5)
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4074
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/392
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1072-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1073-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1074-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1074-2
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian