CVE-2015-2830

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

27/05/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.19.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::

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CVE-2015-2830

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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