CVE-2015-8812
Find out more about CVE-2015-8812 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and realtime kernels and may be addressed in a future update.
This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 . For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2016:2584 | 2016-11-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2016:2574 | 2016-11-03 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
