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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗