CVE-2010-3298 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3298?

CVE-2010-3298 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The hso_get_count function in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3298?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3298?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-3298 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j939-hwr4-9qqc.