PT-2015-7045 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Adam Mariš

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Published

2015-06-03

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Updated

2020-08-13

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CVE-2015-5706

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 3.x through 4.0.3
Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the path openat function, located in fs/namei.c. This vulnerability can be exploited by local users through O TMPFILE filesystem operations, leveraging a duplicate cleanup operation, which may cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impacts.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 3.x through 4.0.3, update to version 4.0.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Use After Free

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1485
ALT-PU-2015-1849
CVE-2015-5706
DSA-3329-1
MGASA-2015-0386
MGASA-2015-0390
MGASA-2016-0015
USN-2664-1
USN-2665-1
USN-2667-1
USN-2680-1
USN-2681-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu