PT-2016-4066 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1
Dongdong She
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Published
2015-06-03
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Updated
2016-11-28
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CVE-2015-8950
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.0.3
Description
The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. This is due to the failure to initialize certain data structures in the arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c file, which can be exploited by triggering a dma mmap call.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.0.3, update to version 4.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
Information Disclosure
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linux Kernel