kernel: drivers/serial/serial_core.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The uartgetcount function in drivers/serial/serialcore.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...

kernel: drivers/serial/serial_core.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The uartgetcount function in drivers/serial/serialcore.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...

PT-2010-1055

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel versions 2.6.9 CentOS kernel versions 2.6.9 Description The issue affects the Linux kernel and its variants in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS, allowing for potential disruption o...