CVE-2015-5697 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c, affecting versions prior to 4.1.6. This flaw allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive information from kernel memory due to an uninitialized bitmap data structure when a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call is made. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access is required and only confidentiality is impacted. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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