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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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
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 unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- USN-2562-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2565-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2561-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2564-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2563-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 72730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2560-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150220 CVE-2015-2042 - Linux kernel - incorrect data type in rds_sysctl_rds_table (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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