CVE-2015-1593 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1593?

CVE-2015-1593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Mar 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The stack randomization feature in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 on 64-bit platforms uses incorrect data types for the results of bitwise left-shift operations, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by predicting the address of the top of the stack, related to the randomize_stack_top function in fs/binfmt_elf.c and the stack_maxrandom_size function in arch/x86/mm/mmap.c.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1593?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1593?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1593, GHSA-6qcg-g8hp-m564, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1593.