CVE-2015-8812

high-risk
Published 2016-04-27

drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted packets.

Do I need to act?

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2.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Novell Linux Canonical

References (72)

Vendor Advisory http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67f1ae...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00030.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00032.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00033.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00034.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00036.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00037.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
and 52 more references
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low