net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2042
Reference (s):
- BID:72730
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72730
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db27ebb111e9f69efece08e4cb6a34ff980f8896