CVE-2015-7885

Severity: low (CVSS 2.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 4.3.2

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4b6184336ebb5c8dc1eae7f7ab46ee608a748b05
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77317
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034896
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2844-1

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