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CVE-2015-1350 json

The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing ex…

published 2016-05-02 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1489

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1350

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-208.240
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1126.140
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1091.100
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1150.161
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1154.164
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1053.57
  • linux-aws Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1090.94

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1350

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.61-52.72.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-68.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1350 updated cvss 3.2

kernel: denial of service in notify_change for filesystem xattrs

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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