CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3298

2.1 LOW Published 2010-09-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-09-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The hso_get_count function in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.36) • linux linux kernel 2.6.36 • opensuse opensuse 11.2 • opensuse opensuse 11.3 • suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • debian debian linux 5.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References