CVE-2016-2117

high

Published 2016-05-02 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—
15.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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