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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.4/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 16, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified