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CVE-2015-5697

CVE-2015-5697

EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b6878d9e03043695dbf3fa1caa6dfc09db225b16http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163661.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163711.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164137.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164193.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249011https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b6878d9e03043695dbf3fa1caa6dfc09db225b16http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/2http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html