UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1333

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1333

    Published: 27 Jul 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1333
    Aliases:
    USN-2687-1
    USN-2688-1
    USN-2689-1

    Summary:

    Details: Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1333, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2687-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2688-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2689-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2690-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2691-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1333

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-59.98

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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