CVE-2015-2042
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-17
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/20/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72730