CVE-2015-7613
Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against
02 Description
Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-10-19 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bdc06edaa5e5ab205316eefc8d57ff75827fc0143a2518d893dfc0aa61f0e5bb
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2636http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3372http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2089http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00030.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2765-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2765-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2792-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2762-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2762-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2087http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00029.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1727http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2763-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2763-1
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034094http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034094
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9a532277938798b53178d5a66af6e2915cb27cf
- www.securitytracker.com1034592http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592
- kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10146
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268270
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2091http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00032.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2764-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2764-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151001 CVE Request: Unauthorized access to IPC objects with SysV shmhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/8
- www.securityfocus.com76977http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76977
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2084http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00026.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2085http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00027.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2086http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00028.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2761-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2761-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2090http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00031.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-65.106
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-50.67~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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