CVE-2013-4515
The bcm_char_ioctl function in drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via an IOCTL_BCM_GET_DEVICE_DRIVER_INFO ioctl call.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d1e72250c847fa96498ec029891de4dc638a5ba
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1