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Low severity2.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-8569

CVE-2015-8569

Description

The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 do not verify an address length, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Affected products

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Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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