CVE-2015-3339: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.19.5

Published 2015-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.