Back
CVE-2015-5706
Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.4 allows local users to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via O_TMPFILE filesystem operations that leverage a duplicate cleanup operation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/597127122910490624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-2680-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250047 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 76142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f15133df088ecadd141ea1907f2c96df67c729f0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2681-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150801 CVE request: Use-after-free in path lookup in Linux 3.11-4.0 inclusive (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-5706)Record last updated .