The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler.
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/23/2 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75356 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033046 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2679-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233615 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f7352bf21f8fd7ba3e2fcef9488756f188e12be cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4700 cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4700 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-08-31T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:25:21.560Z

Reserved: 2015-06-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-4700

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-31T10:59:10.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:31:35.367

Link: CVE-2015-4700

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4700 - Bugzilla