CVE-2010-3298

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.

• CWE-200

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7011e660938fc44ed86319c18a5954e95a82ab3e
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/11/167Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41440Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43226Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633140Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7011e660938fc44ed86319c18a5954e95a82ab3e
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/11/167Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41440Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/14/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43226Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633140Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 30, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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