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CVE-2015-7312 Details

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

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/ [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.19.8
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.20.15

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7312
NVD Published Date:
Nov 16, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]