CVE-2015-7509

low-risk

Published 2015-12-28

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.

Do I need to act?

0.08% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.4/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Linux Kernel

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (20)

Vendor Advisory http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b925...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f...

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