Medium severity · published May 23, 2016
CVE-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 users to obtain…
6.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 4.6 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
24 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Novell
11.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
11.0; 11.0; 12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Novell
11.0; 12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4482
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
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