CVE-2015-2042 | BDVDB-2026-69144 Detail
Description#
net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72730
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/20/20
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.