CVE-2010-4075

LowCVSS 1.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 29, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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