SB2015122809 - Information exposure in Linux kernel platform vivid driver
Published: December 28, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015122809
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7884)
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the vivid_fb_ioctl() function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c. A local privileged user can gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77317
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034893
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274726
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eda98796aff0d9bf41094b06811f5def3b4c333c