CVE-2016-2117 (GCVE-0-2016-2117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-02 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84500 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaed… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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