CVE-2016-4482

MEDIUM

Canonical Ubuntu Linux < 4.6 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

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.

References (28)

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Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-200
Status draft

Affected Products (21)

canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
linux/linux_kernel < 4.6
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server
... and 6 more

Timeline

Published May 23, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026