VDB
CVE-2015-8953
CVE-2015-8953
PUBLISHED
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
EPSS 0.07% · 21.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.07%
21.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | 0, 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1, 3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1, 3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814 (circl)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6 (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 (circl)
- 92611 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 (vulncheck-nvd)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9 (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Oct 16, 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-2015-8953 third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/371 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8953 third-party-advisory