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CVE-2015-8812 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2015-8812

CRITICAL9.8

drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm

Published Apr 27, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted packets.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3 ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00030.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00032.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00033.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00034.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00036.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00037.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html ADVISORYhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/11/1 WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83218 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303532 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8812

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 27, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024