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CVE-2015-5707 json

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to c…

published 2015-10-19 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5654

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.1.0
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.1.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5707

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-63.103
  • linux-lts-vivid Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  • linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.16.0-50.66~14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5707

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  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.55-52.42.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.55-52.42.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.55-52.42.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.55-52.42.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 3.12.55-52.42.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 3.12.55-52.42.2
  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.53-60.30.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.53-60.30.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0785-1SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1SUSE-SU-2015:2167-1SUSE-SU-2015:2086-1SUSE-SU-2015:2087-1SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1

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-2015-5707 updated cvss 4.6

kernel: number wraparound vulnerability in function start_req()

  • 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”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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References

Sources

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