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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 4.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component CUSE Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
The weakness was shared 03/02/2016 as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1339 since 01/22/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90482 (openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-445)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169351 (OpenSuSE Security Update for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:2649-1)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The vulnerability will be addressed with the following lines of code:
/* Base reference is now owned by "fud" */ fuse_conn_put(&cc->fc);
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (111230) and Tenable (90482). The entry 83129 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 90482
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-445)
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OpenVAS ID: 870133
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for the openSUSE-SU-2016:1008-1 (Linux Kernel)
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Patch: git.kernel.org
Timeline
01/22/2015 🔍03/02/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: 2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1339 (🔍)
X-Force: 111230 - Linux Kernel CUSE driver denial of service
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Entry
Created: 03/04/2016 11:06Updated: 07/09/2022 08:20
Changes: 03/04/2016 11:06 (72), 08/26/2018 09:29 (10), 07/09/2022 08:20 (3)
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