Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's proc_connectinfo Function

CVE-2016-4482 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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