UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5697

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5697

    Published: 31 Aug 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5697
    Aliases:
    USN-2731-1
    USN-2732-1
    USN-2748-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5697, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=77ba0569d4c8389c0a2162ab0c7c16a6f3b199e4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2732-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2731-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2748-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2749-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2752-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2751-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2777-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5697

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-65.105

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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