CVE-2015-2042

NameCVE-2015-2042
Descriptionnet/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-246-1, DSA-3237-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1fixed
stretch (security)4.9.320-2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.19.316-1fixed
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.106-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.10.11-1fixed
sid6.11.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.68-1+deb7u1DSA-3237-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1DSA-3237-1
linuxsource(unstable)3.16.7-ckt9-1
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze2.6.32-48squeeze12DLA-246-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Upstream commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896 (v3.19)
(earliest) introduced in https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e5048495c8569bfdd552750e0315973c61e7c93 (v2.6.30-rc1)

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