CVE-2015-8539

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8539
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-08 03:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-31 17:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

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 Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All rc8 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0384-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0386-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1284450 – CVE-2015-8539 kernel: local privesc in key management CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0336-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0383-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3798-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0381-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0387-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3798-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0380-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
KEYS: Fix handling of stored error in a negatively instantiated user key · torvalds/linux@096fe9e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
oss-security - CVE request - Linux kernel - Fix handling of stored error in a negatively instantiated user key MLIST www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0337-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0434-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0335-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0339-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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