CVE-2016-4482 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.03% · 10.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.03%
10.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-49.49.1, 6.8.0-60.63.1, 6.8.0-59.61.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1, 3.16.0-73.95~14.04.1, 3.16.0-71.92~14.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 6.8.1-1015.16
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1, 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1, 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1007.7, 5.15.0-1028.32, 5.15.0-1027.31
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-30.34, 0, 5.4.0-28.32
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1090.97, 5.4.0-1091.98, 5.4.0-1094.101
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1089.94+cvm1.2, 5.4.0-1090.95+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1091.96+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.4.0-6.21, 4.4.0-7.22, 4.4.0-4.19
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.0.0-1026.27~18.04.1, 4.15.0-1034.36, 4.15.0-1033.35
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.0.0-19.20~18.04.1, 5.3.0-22.24~18.04.1, 5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1014.16, 5.4.0-1004.4, 5.4.0-1006.6
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1, 0, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1013.15, 4.4.0-1015.18
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1, 4.2.0-36.41~14.04.1, 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure5.0.0-1022.23~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1036.38, 5.0.0-1035.37
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-51.57~14.04.1, 3.19.0-37.42~14.04.1, 3.19.0-39.44~14.04.1

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Timeline

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