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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (16)

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7011e660938fc44ed86319c18a5954e95a82ab3e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100914 Re: CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100914 CVE request: kernel: numerous infoleaks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-1041-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20100911 [PATCH] drivers/net/usb/hso.c: prevent reading uninitialized memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633140 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 41440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:03 UTC.