CVE-2015-7613

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Published: October 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v < 3.2.723.11 ≤ v < 3.12.503.13 ≤ v < 3.14.553.15 ≤ v < 3.16.353.17 ≤ v < 3.18.233.19 ≤ v < 4.1.113.3 ≤ v < 3.4.1113.5 ≤ v < 3.10.914.2 ≤ v < 4.2.4

Affected range stops below 3.10.91, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.12.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.14.55, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.16.35, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.18.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.2.72, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.4.111, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references