CVE-2015-6252
Published: 19 August 2015
The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(3.2.0-91.129)
|
| trusty |
Released
(3.13.0-65.105)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Released
(3.19.0-30.33)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-7.7)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-16.19)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-21.37)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-22.24)
|
|
|
Patches: Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
||
|
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was released [3.2.0-1656.78])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
| This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team | ||
|
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1002.2)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1003.3)
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
|
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [abandoned])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [abandoned])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [abandoned])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
| This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team | ||
|
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [was needs-triage now end-of-life])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [was needed now end-of-life])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
| This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team | ||
|
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(3.13.0-65.105~precise1)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was ignored [abandoned])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1008.12)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1013.19)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1009.10)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-1013.15)
|
|
|
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1012.12)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1012.12)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1029.32)
|
|
|
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
(precise was released [3.2.0-1471.92])
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.2~rc5)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6252
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/10/375
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2748-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2749-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2752-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2751-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2760-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2759-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2777-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian