CVE-2015-5706 (GCVE-0-2015-5706)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-31 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
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