UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4700

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4700

    Published: 24 Jun 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4700
    Aliases:
    USN-2664-1
    USN-2666-1
    USN-2678-1

    Summary:

    Details: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4700, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2664-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2666-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2678-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2679-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2680-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2681-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2683-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2684-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4700

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-58.97

    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