CVE-2015-2830 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-2830?

CVE-2015-2830 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 27 May 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2830?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2830?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-2830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2830, GHSA-mw97-2rg5-mpgw, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2830.