PT-2016-3888

CVE-2015-8324

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Published

2016-05-02

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Updated

2023-02-13

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.9
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34
Description The issue is related to the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel, where certain data structures are not properly tracked during initialization. This can be exploited by physically proximate attackers using a crafted USB device, leading to a denial of service through a NULL pointer dereference and panic. The problem is associated with the ext4 fill super function.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34, update to version 2.6.34 or later to resolve the issue.
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Related identifiers
CESA-2016_0855
DLA-360-1
RHSA-2016:0855
RHSA-2016_0855
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