CVE-2015-8324 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.6