CVE-2016-2117 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2117?

CVE-2016-2117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2117?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Oracle Vm Server.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2117?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-2117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2117, GHSA-7qq2-hfpc-p7pq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2117.