VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7312

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-11-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references