arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16.
References
Information
Published : 2015-05-27 03:59
Updated : 2018-01-04 18:30
NVD link : CVE-2015-2830
Mitre link : CVE-2015-2830
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CWE
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel