ghsa-286m-rx96-29m7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:05
Modified
2025-04-20 03:32
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details

The klsi_105_get_line_state function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-5549"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-532"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-02-06T06:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The klsi_105_get_line_state function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.",
  "id": "GHSA-286m-rx96-29m7",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:32:24Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:05:18Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5549"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416114"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95715"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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