CVE-2015-5707

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5707
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-19 10:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sg_start_req(): make sure that there's not too many elements in iovec · torvalds/linux@451a288 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2760-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2733-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2090-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2738-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2734-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3329-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2087-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel '/scsi/sg.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel SCSI Generic Driver Integer Overflow Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1250030 – CVE-2015-5707 kernel: number wraparound vulnerability in function start_req() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
sg_start_req(): use import_iovec() · torvalds/linux@fdc81f4 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2085-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Android Security Bulletin—July 2017  |  Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2737-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2759-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2086-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2750-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1478-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2089-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: Integer overflow in SCSI generic driver in Linux <4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1592-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2091-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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