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LIN6-9939 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-2830

Created: May 31, 2015    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jun 23, 2015
Found In Version: 6.0.0.20
Fix Version: 6.0.0.22
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-2830

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