CVE-2015-7613

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    CVE-2015-7613

    Published: 19 Oct 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/8, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76977, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034094, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2761-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2762-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2763-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2764-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2765-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268270, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10146, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268270

    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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