medium4.6
CVE-2015-8324
The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which allows physically proxim…
Impact
The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted USB device, related to the ext4_fill_super function.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 2.6.33.20 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11