# 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, whic

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-05-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90029
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/681fef8380eb818c0b845fca5d2ab1dcbab114ee
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184414.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3

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