CVE-2015-1339: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.3.6
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 11 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only

Published 2016-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.