CVE-2015-5706
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.0 | 3.19.8.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.0 | 4.0.4 |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76142
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
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