SUSE CVE-2016-2117

The atl2probe 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...

kernel: Kernel memory leakage to ethernet frames due to buffer overflow in ethernet drivers

It was discovered that the atl2probe function in the Atheros L2 Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enabled scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from the kernel memory...