CVE-2015-7613

Upstream information

CVE-2015-7613 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	6.9	6
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Medium	High
Authentication	None	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Complete	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 923755 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 948536 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 948701 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 963994 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1, published Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:09:43 +0200 (CEST)
SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:10:26 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2085-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:11:22 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2086-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:12:18 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2087-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:13:10 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2089-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:14:39 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2090-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:15:29 +0100 (CET)
SUSE-SU-2015:2091-1, published Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:16:21 +0100 (CET)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Build System Kit 12	`kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.48-52.27.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	`kernel-default >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-macros >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-source >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-syms >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-xen >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.2`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	`kernel-default >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-macros >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-source >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-syms >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-xen >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA kernel-default
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12	`kgraft-patch-3_12_32-33-default >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-3_12_32-33-xen >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-default >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-xen >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-3_12_38-44-default >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_38-44-xen >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_39-47-default >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_39-47-xen >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-default >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-xen >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_10-default >= 2-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_10-xen >= 2-2.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-default >= 2-4.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-xen >= 2-4.1` `kgraft-patch-3_12_48-52_27-default >= 1-2.6` `kgraft-patch-3_12_48-52_27-xen >= 1-2.6` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_1 >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_2 >= 4-2.3` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_3 >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_4 >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_5 >= 3-2.1` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_6 >= 2-2.1` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_7 >= 2-4.1` `kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_8 >= 1-2.6`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-668 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-883 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-884 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-885 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-886 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-887 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-888 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-889
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12	`kernel-ec2 >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-ec2-extra >= 3.12.48-52.27.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	`kernel-default >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-base >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-man >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-macros >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-source >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-syms >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-xen >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.2`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	`kernel-default >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-default-base >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-default-man >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-macros >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-source >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-syms >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-xen >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GA kernel-default
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	`kernel-default >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-base >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-man >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-macros >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-source >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-syms >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-xen >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.48-52.27.2`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	`kernel-docs >= 3.12.48-52.27.2` `kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.48-52.27.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	`kernel-docs >= 3.12.49-11.1` `kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.49-11.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA kernel-docs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12	`kernel-default >= 3.12.48-52.27.1` `kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.48-52.27.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-668
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1	`kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-extra

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	kernel-source	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	kernel-source	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	kernel-source	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-source	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 SP3	kernel-source	Affected