Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-1339
Published: April 27, 2016 / Updated: December 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90497
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1339
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1339
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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