CVE-2015-2042

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2042
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-21 10:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionnet/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel 'rds/sysctl.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
net: rds: use correct size for max unacked packets and bytes · torvalds/linux@db27ebb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
USN-2561-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2564-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
USN-2563-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2565-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
1195355 – (CVE-2015-2042) CVE-2015-2042 kernel: rds: information handling flaw in rds sysctl files. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3237-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2562-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE-2015-2042 - Linux kernel - incorrect data type in rds_sysctl_rds_table af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1478-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2560-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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