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Medium
CVE-2015-5706
Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 4.0, 12.04, 14.04, 7.0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 31st, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.