CVEs-PoC/2010/CVE-2010-4075.md

### [CVE-2010-4075](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4075)
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### Description

The uart_get_count function in drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

#### Github
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