Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2015-8966CVE-2015-8966
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows
local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) F_OFD_GETLK, (2)
F_OFD_SETLK, or (3) F_OFD_SETLKW command in an fcntl64 system call.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| ratliff | the fix commit is dated Dec. 2015 |
| jdstrand | android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support |
| sbeattie | this was probably introduced with the Open File Descriptor Locks patches in the 3.15 kernel, likely 5d50ffd7. |
References
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=76cc404bfdc0d419c720de4daaf2584542734f42
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76cc404bfdc0d419c720de4daaf2584542734f42
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8966
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8966
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8966
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8966
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%