Vulnerability CVE-2016-2117
Published: 2016-05-02

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Oracle -> Vm server 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/7
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84500
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
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