CVE-2016-4482
published 2016-05-23CVE-2016-4482: 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…
PriorityP424medium6.2CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.55%
42.5th percentile
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.
Affected
24 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | linux | < linux 4.5.5-1 (bookworm) | linux 4.5.5-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| android | — | — | |
| linux | linux_kernel | <= 4.6 | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.5.5-1 | 4.5.5-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.5.5-1 | 4.5.5-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.5.5-1 | 4.5.5-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.5.5-1 | 4.5.5-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 3.13.0-91.138 | 3.13.0-91.138 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.4.0-28.47 | 4.4.0-28.47 |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo | — | — |
| 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 | — | — |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | — | — |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | — | — |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv6.2MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.2MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.2MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.2MEDIUM
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Android
CVE-2016-4482: Android Security Bulletin 2016-08-01
CVE: CVE-2016-4482
Severity: HIGH
References: A-28619695
Upstream kernel
vendor_android·2016-08-01·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4482: Android Security Bulletin 2016-08-01
CVE: CVE-2016-4482
Severity: HIGH
References: A-28619695
Upstream kernel
Android Security Bulletin 2016-08-01
CVE: CVE-2016-4482
Severity: HIGH
References: A-28619695
Upstream kernel
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
USN-3017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware
Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use thi
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2016-3951 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC Network Control Model USB driver
in the Linux kernel did not cancel work events queued if a later error
occurred, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker with physical access
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3951)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memory. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to possibly gain administrativ
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (A
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2016-3951 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC Network Control Model USB driver
in the Linux kernel did not cancel work events queued if a later error
occurred, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker with physical access
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-3951)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memory. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to possibly gain admin
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Archi
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsyst
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
USN-3016-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the
Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker cou
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
USN-3018-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu
14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the
Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker cou
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memo
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memory. A local u
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architectu
Red Hat
kernel: information leak in devio.c
vendor_redhat·2016-05-03·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CWE-665 kernel: information leak in devio.c
kernel: information leak in devio.c
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.
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. The stack object 'ci' has a total size of 8 bytes. Its last 3 bytes are padding bytes which are not initialized and are leaked to userland.
Statement: This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterpr
Debian
CVE-2016-4482: linux - The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel th...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4482: linux - The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel th...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.5.5-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.5.5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.5.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.5.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.5.5-1)
GHSA
GHSA-jq2w-vr89-j383: The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-jq2w-vr89-j383: The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio
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.
OSV
linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
[MEDIUM] linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
USN-3016-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the
Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory.
OSV
linux vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux vulnerabilities
linux vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentia
OSV
linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
[MEDIUM] linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities
linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities
USN-3017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware
Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-
OSV
linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obta
OSV
linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities
linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtai
OSV
linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memory. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to possibly gain administra
OSV
linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the timer handling
implementation in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain p
OSV
linux vulnerabilities
osv·2016-06-27·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4997 [MEDIUM] linux vulnerabilities
linux vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter
implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit
compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local
unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-4997)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the core USB implementation in
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially
sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-4482)
Jann Horn discovered that the InfiniBand interfaces within the Linux kernel
could be coerced into overwriting kernel memory. A local unprivileged
attacker could use this to possibly gain administrative privil
OSV
CVE-2016-4482: The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio
osv·2016-05-23·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4482: The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c
bugzilla·2016-05-04·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c
CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c
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. The stack object 'ci' has a total size of 8 bytes. Its last 3 bytes are padding bytes which are not initialized and are leaked to userland.
External references:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg140243.html
CVE-ID request and assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/209
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/213
Upstream fix:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
Discussion:
Cre
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-05-04·CVSS 6.2
CVE-2016-4482 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c [fedora-all]
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114eehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114eehttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114eehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
2016-05-23
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