CVE-2015-5706

2015-08-3110:59:16

CWE-416

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2015-5706

vulnerability

path_openat

linux kernel

denial of service

nvd

o_tmpfile filesystem operations

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange3.0–3.19.8

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.0–4.0.4

Node

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04esm

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04esm

Node

debiandebian_linuxMatch7.0

debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux8.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
debian	debian_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*