CVE-2015-7509 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5 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 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.4