CVE-2021-47401
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 3.5-4.4.286 - Unprotected Kernel Memory Exposure via TTY Driver Name
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipack: ipoctal: fix stack information leak The tty driver name is used also after registering the driver and must specifically not be allocated on the stack to avoid leaking information to user space (or triggering an oops). Drivers should not try to encode topology information in the tty device name but this one snuck in through staging without anyone noticing and another driver has since copied this malpractice. Fixing the ABI is a separate issue, but this at least plugs the security hole.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
15.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux
< 3.5
Linux/Linux
3.5
Linux/Linux
4.14.249 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux
4.19.209 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux
4.4.286 - 4.4.*
Linux/Linux
4.9.285 - 4.9.*
Linux/Linux
5.10.71 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.14.10 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux
5.15
Linux/Linux
5.4.151 - 5.4.*
... and 10 more
Published
May 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026