Upstream information

CVE-2015-1333 at MITRE

Description

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue only affects Linux Kernel 3.13 and newer. This means that products SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 and older are not affected.

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1126909 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1185451 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX], 938645 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • kernel >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-abi-whitelists >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-debug >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-debug-devel >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-devel >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-doc >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-headers >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-tools >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • perf >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
  • python-perf >= 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:1778
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 GA reiserfs-kmp-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15
  • reiserfs-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 GA reiserfs-kmp-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.12.14-23.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 GA reiserfs-kmp-default-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • kernel-docs >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA kernel-docs-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-94.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-94.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
  • kernel-default-extra >= 4.12.14-23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 GA kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-23.1
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-lp150.11.4
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.12.14-lp150.11.4
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA kernel-default-4.12.14-lp150.11.4
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • kernel-debug >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-debug-base >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-debug-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-default >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-docs >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-docs-html >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-docs-pdf >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-obs-qa >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-pae >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-source-vanilla >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-syzkaller >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-syzkaller-base >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-syzkaller-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-vanilla >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.8.13-1.1
  • kernel-vanilla-devel >= 4.8.13-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10128

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source-azure Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Jul 18 20:23:29 2015
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 12:27:50 2024