Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005864
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-7885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.3.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

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