CVE-2010-4076
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The rs_ioctl function in drivers/char/amiserial.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.36.1 and earlier does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.
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
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4052)
- 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-2010-4052 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d281da7ff6f70efca0553c288bb883e8605b3862
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/15/389(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- 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)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648661(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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