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CVE-2016-2117
The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 incorrectly enables scatter/gather…
High7.5EPSS 6.4%
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- redhat
Description
The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (20)
- USN-3006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3004-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3001-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3005-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3002-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 84500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2989-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3007-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160316 CVE-2016-2117 memory disclosure to ethernet due to unchecked scatter/gather IO (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3003-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298 (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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