Description
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
Scores
CVSS v3
6.2
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.3.6
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo
11 sp4
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
11 sp4
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026