Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's bcm_char_ioctl Function

CVE-2013-4515 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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.

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