CVE-2015-5697

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-07-25
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernelbefore 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3067	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.10.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.10.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.1.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3066	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3066	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3067	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.10.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.10.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3068	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.1.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3066	2015-08-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3066	2015-08-06
Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0037	2016-03-16
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0113	2015-08-11