Security restrictions bypass in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-3290

 

Security restrictions bypass in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-3290

Published: June 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92492
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3290
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass within the entry() function in arch/x86/entry/entry_64.s. A local user can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Fedora
openEuler
kernel
kernel-debuginfo
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-headers
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2015-3290

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel - update to 4.1.3-201.fc22
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.97.0.178, 5.10.0-232.0.0.134, 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-75.0.0.68
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-75.0.0.68

External References

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