ghsa-8x6w-vmh7-xc9h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:11
Modified
2025-04-12 12:48
Details

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-3339"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-05-27T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.",
  "id": "GHSA-8x6w-vmh7-xc9h",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:48:15Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:11:53Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3339"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html"
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    {
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412"
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  "severity": []
}


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