CVE-2015-3288
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 3.2.71 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.2-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3288.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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