CVE-2015-2041 Information

Description

net/llc/sysctl_net_llc.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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6b8d9117ccb4f81b1244aafa7bc70ef8fa45fc49 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/20/19 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72729 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195350 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b8d9117ccb4f81b1244aafa7bc70ef8fa45fc49