arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which…

Description

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (16)

• USN-2631-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2632-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1032413 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/956421fbb74c3a6261903f3836c0740187cf038b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=956421fbb74c3a6261903f3836c0740187cf038b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208598 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150401 CVE Request: Linux mishandles int80 fork from 64-bit tasks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 05:24 UTC.