UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3288

Description

mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
• v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

• ubuntu•linux

  < 3.13.0-101.148

• ubuntu•linux-azure

  all

• ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

  all

• ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

  all

• ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

  all

• ubuntu•linux-gcp

  all

• ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

  all

• ubuntu•linux-gke

  all

• ubuntu•linux-gkeop

  all

• ubuntu•linux-hwe

  all

• ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

  all

• ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

  all

• ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

  all

• ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

  all

• ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

  < 3.16.0-50.66~14.04.1

• ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

  < 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1

• ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

  all

• ubuntu•linux-raspi2

  all

• ubuntu•linux-realtime

  all | all

• ubuntu•linux-riscv

  all | all | all

References (5)

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3288
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3127-1
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3127-2
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3288