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CVE-2017-5549
medium
Description
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.
References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416114
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95715
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5