CVE-2015-7312

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    CVE-2015-7312

    Published: 16 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple race conditions in the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) aufs3-mmap.patch and aufs4-mmap.patch patches for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) madvise or (2) msync system call, related to mm/madvise.c and mm/msync.c.

    References: http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10, http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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