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CVE-2015-2686
CVE-2015-2686
REJECTED
net/socket.c in the Linux kernel 3.19 before 3.19.3 does not validate certain range data for (1) sendto and (2) recvfrom system calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a subsystem that uses the copy_from_iter function in the iov_iter interface, as demonstrated by the Bluetooth subsystem.
EPSS 0.04% · 13.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
13.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/viro.txt (circl)
- 73286 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea (circl)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3 (circl)
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579050211605102592 (circl)
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579060953477701632 (circl)
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579075689439059968 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20150323 CVE Request: Linux kernel: sys_sendto/sys_recvfrom does not validate the user provided ubuf pointer (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205242 (circl)
Timeline
- May 2, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2686 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2686 third-party-advisory