CVE-2015-8964

La función tty_set_termios_ldisc en drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c enel kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a 4.5 permite a los usuarios locales obtener información sensible de la memoria del kernel mediante la lectura de una estructura de datos tty.

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to /proc/iomem. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the performance events and counters subsystem of the Linux kernel for ARM64. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.