CVE-2010-4075
N/A
Published: November 29, 2010 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.6.37
Affected range stops below 2.6.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (20)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03388.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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