PT-2016-3582 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Colin Ian King · Published 2016-01-13 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2015-1339

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4

Description A memory leak issue exists in the cuse channel release function, located in fs/fuse/cuse.c, allowing local users to cause a denial of service due to memory consumption by repeatedly opening /dev/cuse. This could potentially have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4, update to version 4.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1018

ALT-PU-2016-1485

CVE-2015-1339

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1008-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 229

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/overlayfs_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Kagami/docker_cve-2015-2925 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/whu-enjoy/CVE-2015-8660 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6937 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00545 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2069 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2925 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7566 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1339 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8962 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8844 · Security Note