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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4375 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.960Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4515

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-11-12T14:35:12.477

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4515

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