CVE-2016-2117

Name	CVE-2016-2117
Description	The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data.
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)
References	DSA-3607-1
NVD severity	medium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	stretch	4.9.228-1	fixed
	stretch (security)	4.9.246-2	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	4.19.171-2	fixed
	bullseye, sid	5.10.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	wheezy	(not affected)
linux	source	jessie	3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u2	DSA-3607-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.5.2-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Issue introduced with v3.10-rc1)
Introduced in https://git.kernel.org/linus/ec5f061564238892005257c83565a0b58ec79295 (v3.10-rc1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/7