Uninitialized Structure Member Vulnerability in dgnc_mgmt_ioctl Function

CVE-2015-7885 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

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