CVE-2010-4074
The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the (1) mos7720_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c and (2) mos7840_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4050)
- Published
- November 29, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4050 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0846f1868b11cd827bdfeaf4527d8b1b1c0b098
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/392(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc5(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45074(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648659(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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