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CVE-2015-7312 Detail

Description

Multiple race conditions in the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) aufs3-mmap.patch and aufs4-mmap.patch patches for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) madvise or (2) msync system call, related to mm/madvise.c and mm/msync.c.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
3.0.0		Up to (including)
3.19.8
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
4.0.0		Up to (including)
4.20.15

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7312
NVD Published Date:
11/16/2015
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE