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CVE-2010-4080

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4080 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c driver, affecting versions prior to 2.6.36-rc6, including Debian, openSUSE, and SUSE distributions. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the snd_hdsp_hwdep_ioctl function, specifically with the SNDRV_HDSP_IOCTL_GET_CONFIG_INFO ioctl call, to read uninitialized kernel stack memory. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-238.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4080Low

kernel: drivers/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

Sep 25, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2010/9/25/41
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42778
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42801
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42884
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42890
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42963
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/46397
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2126
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/45058
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/45063
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0012
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0168
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0298
Third Party Advisory