CVE-2016-2117
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 29, 2016
Description
The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3006-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- USN-3004-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
- USN-3001-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- USN-3005-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2584vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2574vendor-advisory
- USN-3000-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-3607vendor-advisory
- USN-3002-1vendor-advisory
- 84500vdb-entry
- USN-2989-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3007-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160316 CVE-2016-2117 memory disclosure to ethernet due to unchecked scatter/gather IOmailing-list
- USN-3003-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2998-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298
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