CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-2830

1.9 LOW Published 2015-05-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-05-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • linux linux kernel (<= 3.19.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References