CVE-2015-2042 (GCVE-0-2015-2042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-21 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:02
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2015-02-03 00:00
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