CVE-2015-3339 PUBLISHED

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

EPSS 0.03% · 9.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.03%
9.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1

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