CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3288
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.71)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.4 < 3.4.111)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.10 < 3.10.86)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.12 < 3.12.47)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.14 < 3.14.50)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.16 < 3.16.35)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.18 < 3.18.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288 Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288 Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html Third Party Advisory