CVE-2015-2042: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.18.7

Published 2015-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.