CVE-2015-2042
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-21 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 60e2a6586eabdff9e6da484ed8ebd05594af9d0560ae8274c5bfcbf5dbecc67c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2562-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2565-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2561-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2564-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2563-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1
- www.securityfocus.com72730http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72730
- www.debian.orgDSA-3237http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2560-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150220 CVE-2015-2042 - Linux kernel - incorrect data type in rds_sysctl_rds_tablehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/20/20
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1478http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-49.81
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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