Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states "Basically if you care about this attack vector, disable deduplication." Share-until-written approaches for memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants are inherently detectable for information disclosure, and can be classified as potentially misunderstood behaviors rather than vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-2877
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 20(Track)EG Risk 20/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 59%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 3, 2017
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- cret@certhttp://www.antoniobarresi.com/files/cain_advisory.txt
- cret@certhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935424
- cret@certhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76256
- cret@certhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252096
- cret@certhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BGAR-A2CNKG
- cret@certhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9ZAHZH
- cret@certhttps://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15-paper-barresi.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.antoniobarresi.com/files/cain_advisory.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935424
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76256
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252096
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BGAR-A2CNKG
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9ZAHZH
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15-paper-barresi.pdf
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (350 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (174 versions) | — | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (174 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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