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.
Published: 2015-08-31
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3329-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5653 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2664-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2665-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2667-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2680-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2681-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:03.985Z

Reserved: 2015-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5706

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-08-31T10:59:16.080

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5706

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5706 - Bugzilla

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