PT-2016-5973
CVE-2016-4482
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Published
2016-05-23
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Updated
2023-09-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.2
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7
Description
The issue concerns the proc connectinfo function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain data structure. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by making a crafted USBDEVFS CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7, update to version 4.7 or later to resolve the issue.
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