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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4482): Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4482): Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/27/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-91-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-76-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-64-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-105-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1483-omap4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-1033-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-41-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1016-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1019-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-28-powerpc64-smp

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