CVE-2015-5697
Published Aug 31, 2015
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-200
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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