CVE-2015-5697

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5697DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5697
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 31 Aug 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.46% LOW
0% probability +0.40%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Aug 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.46%• Percentile: 39%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.1.3-1 | < 4.1.3-1 | < 4.1.3-1 | < 4.1.3-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-65.105

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.1.5

References (32)