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...

atl2 driver memory leak vulnerability

The atl2 driver is a set of Linux kernel drivers for Ethernet adapters. scatter/gather IO is a standard technique used for high-performance IO. netiffsg is an identifier used to determine whether scatter/gather I/O is enabled. A security vulnerability exists in the atl2 driver versions 3.8 throug...