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CVE-2015-7613 Detail

Description

Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/8 Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76977 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034094 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2761-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2762-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2763-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2764-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2765-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268270 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10146 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7613
NVD Published Date:
10/19/2015
NVD Last Modified:
07/17/2024
Source:
MITRE