CVE-2015-7509

4.4 MEDIUM

Published: December 28, 2015 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted no-journal filesystem, a related issue to CVE-2013-2015.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034559

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259222

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956709

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5