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CVE-2015-8964
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-16T05:59:03.843 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:34.710

Summary

The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data structure.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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