CVE-2016-2117
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-02 10:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:17
Severity ?
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/7
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84500
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8Vendor Advisory
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