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Medium severity · published Apr 27, 2016
CVE-2015-1339
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…
6.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 4.3.6 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Novell
11 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
11 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Kernel
Linux
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1339
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1339
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
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