CVE-2015-8964

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.4.32 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.

References (4)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc

[Third Party Advisory] http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd42bf1197144ede075a9d4793123f7689e164bc

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.4.32

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Nov 16, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026