VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1339
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · novell/suse linux enterprise debuginfo · novell/suse linux enterprise real time extension
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13Patch
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13Patch
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.