NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-4177
Published: May 2, 2016 / Updated: May 6, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90685
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4177
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the collect_mounts() function in fs/namespace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4177
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cd4a40174b71acd021877341684d8bb1dc8ea4ae
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/5
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248486
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cd4a40174b71acd021877341684d8bb1dc8ea4ae