Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7312
CVE-2015-7312
Description
Multiple race conditions in the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) aufs3-mmap.patch and aufs4-mmap.patch patches for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) madvise or (2) msync system call, related to mm/madvise.c and mm/msync.c.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34449209/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1nvdThird Party Advisory
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