CVE-2015-5706

Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via O_TMPFILE filesystem operations that leverage a duplicate cleanup operation.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1	Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html	Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2015-08-31 03:59

Updated : 2020-08-13 07:15

NVD link : CVE-2015-5706

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5706

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

linux

linux_kernel

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