Bug 648663 (CVE-2010-4077)

Summary:	CVE-2010-4077 kernel: drivers/char/nozomi.c: reading uninitialized stack memory
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Petr Matousek <pmatouse>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	arozansk, bhu, fhrbata, jkacur, lgoncalv, peterm, williams
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Description Petr Matousek 2010-11-01 21:21:46 UTC

Description of problem:
The TIOCGICOUNT device ioctl in nozomi.c allows unprivileged users to read uninitialized stack memory, because the "reserved" member of the serial_icounter_struct struct declared on the stack is not altered or zeroed before being copied back to the user. 

Reference:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1009.1/03387.html

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.

Comment 2 Petr Matousek 2010-11-02 10:57:44 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 as they did not include support for GlobeTrotter
HSPDA PCMCIA card.

Comment 3 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2010-11-04 07:46:30 UTC

nt

Comment 5 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2010-11-22 05:40:39 UTC

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/0587102cf9f427c185bfdeb2cef41e13ee0264b1

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2010-12-08 19:10:00 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  MRG for RHEL-5

Via RHSA-2010:0958 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-11 19:46:29 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0007 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html