Bug 648663 (CVE-2010-4077) - CVE-2010-4077 kernel: drivers/char/nozomi.c: reading uninitialized stack memory
Summary: CVE-2010-4077 kernel: drivers/char/nozomi.c: reading uninitialized stack memory
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2010-4077
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 648704 648705 648706
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-11-01 21:21 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2023-05-11 15:30 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-10-19 09:16:33 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0958 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update 2010-12-08 19:08:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0007 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2011-01-11 19:44:55 UTC

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
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