SB2016042703 - Memory leak in Linux kernel fuse
Published: April 27, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016042703
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1339)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the cuse_channel_release() function in fs/fuse/cuse.c. A local non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339