CVE-2015-8964: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 4.4.32

Published 2016-11-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.