CVE-2015-5697

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5697
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-31 10:59:14 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
USN-2751-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kernel-4.1.5-100.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Linux Kernel 'get_bitmap_file()' Function Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kernel-4.1.5-200.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kernel-4.1.4-100.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 1249011 – CVE-2015-5697 linux kernel: information leak in md driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2748-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3329-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2731-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2777-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kernel-4.1.4-200.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
md: use kzalloc() when bitmap is disabled · torvalds/linux@b6878d9 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
USN-2752-1: Linux kernel 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
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
oss-security - CVE request: Linux kernel - information leak in md driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2732-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2749-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux md Driver Initialization Flaw Lets Local Users View Portions of System Memory on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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