CVE-2015-8812

critical
Published 2016-04-27 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8812

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/11/1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8812.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.4.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.4.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.4.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.4.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.4.2-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.78

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.