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
| Vector | AV: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
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu