| Name | CVE-2015-7885 |
| Description | The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low (attack range: local) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.16.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 4.16.16-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.4.2-1 | unimportant | ||
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
dgnc driver not built
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=4b6184336ebb5c8dc1eae7f7ab46ee608a748b05