CVE-2015-1339
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4...
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.2
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
CVE-2015-1339- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
CVE-2015-1339- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-1479 No score
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
EUVD-2015-1479- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4g77-cm25-7q33
6.2
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4...
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
GHSA-4g77-cm25-7q33- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.2
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
CVE-2015-1339- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-1339
6.2
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1339- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-1339
6.2
Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1339- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1707-1 No score
Security update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 Realtime kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2015-1339: Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by opening /dev/cuse many times (bnc#969356).
- CVE-2015-7566: The clie_5_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a bulk-out endpoint (bnc#961512).
- CVE-2015-8551: The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allowed local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka 'Linux pciback missing sanity checks (bnc#957990).
- CVE-2015-8552: The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allowed local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka 'Linux pciback missing sanity checks (bnc#957990).
- CVE-2015-8816: The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device (bnc#968010).
- CVE-2016-2143: The fork implementation in the Linux kernel on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h (bnc#970504).
- CVE-2016-2184: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971125).
- CVE-2016-2185: The ati_remote2_probe function in drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971124).
- CVE-2016-2186: The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970958).
- CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970956).
- CVE-2016-2782: The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in endpoint (bnc#968670).
- CVE-2016-2847:…
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
linuxDebian:12 |
before 4.4.2-1 | 4.4.2-1 |
linuxDebian:13 |
before 4.4.2-1 | 4.4.2-1 |
linuxDebian:14 |
before 4.4.2-1 | 4.4.2-1 |
kernel-rtSUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP4 |
before 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 | 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 |
kernel-rt_traceSUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP4 |
before 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 | 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 |
kernel-source-rtSUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP4 |
before 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 | 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 |
kernel-syms-rtSUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP4 |
before 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 | 3.0.101.rt130-54.1 |
linux-lts-wilyUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 4.2.0-30.35~14.04.1, plus listed versions 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.14.2.0-19.23~14.04.14.2.0-21.25~14.04.14.2.0-22.27~14.04.14.2.0-23.28~14.04.14.2.0-25.30~14.04.14.2.0-27.32~14.04.1 |
4.2.0-30.35~14.04.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-1339 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Linux Kernel, published April 27, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in linux 4.4.2-1.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/13
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314331
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969356
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1339
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1339
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g77-cm25-7q33
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161707-1
bugzilla.suse.com/898592
bugzilla.suse.com/940413
bugzilla.suse.com/946122
bugzilla.suse.com/949752
bugzilla.suse.com/956852
bugzilla.suse.com/957988
bugzilla.suse.com/957990
bugzilla.suse.com/959381
bugzilla.suse.com/960458
bugzilla.suse.com/961512
bugzilla.suse.com/963998
bugzilla.suse.com/965319
bugzilla.suse.com/965860
bugzilla.suse.com/965923
bugzilla.suse.com/967863
bugzilla.suse.com/968010
bugzilla.suse.com/968018
bugzilla.suse.com/968141
bugzilla.suse.com/968566
bugzilla.suse.com/968670
bugzilla.suse.com/968687
bugzilla.suse.com/969356
bugzilla.suse.com/970504
bugzilla.suse.com/970892
bugzilla.suse.com/970909
bugzilla.suse.com/970911
bugzilla.suse.com/970948
bugzilla.suse.com/970956
bugzilla.suse.com/970958
bugzilla.suse.com/970970
bugzilla.suse.com/971124
bugzilla.suse.com/971125
bugzilla.suse.com/971360
bugzilla.suse.com/971433
bugzilla.suse.com/971729
bugzilla.suse.com/972363
bugzilla.suse.com/973237
bugzilla.suse.com/973378
bugzilla.suse.com/973556
bugzilla.suse.com/973570
bugzilla.suse.com/975772
bugzilla.suse.com/975945
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1339
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7566
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8551
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8552
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8816
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2143
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2184
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2185
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2186
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2188
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2782
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2847
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3137
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3138
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3139
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3140
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3156
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1339
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1339
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.