UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7312
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 3
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 23 Sept 2015, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:18
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
23 Sept 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Multiple race conditions in the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) aufs3-mmap.patch and aufs4-mmap.patch patches for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) madvise or (2) msync system call, related to mm/madvise.c and mm/msync.c.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-66.108
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
References (9)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7312
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/3
- http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2777-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2778-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2779-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7312