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CVE-2015-5706
Published: Aug 31, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
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http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624
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USN-2680-1
vendor-advisory
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047
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76142
vdb-entry
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DSA-3329
vendor-advisory
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USN-2681-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20150801 CVE request: Use-after-free in path lookup in Linux 3.11-4.0 inclusive
mailing-list
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