CVE-2016-2117

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

6%p93

Published

May 2, 2016 (May 2, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: oracle canonical linux
Products: vm server, ubuntu linux, linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (6.4%)

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