Security Advisory

CVE-2015-2042

4.6

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date April 21, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory