medium5.5
CVE-2015-8964
The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel mem…
Impact
The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 4.4.32 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc