CVE-2015-8746

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.2.2

Description The issue is related to the NFS client in the Linux kernel, where memory for migration recovery operations is not properly initialized. This allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and panic, via crafted network traffic.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.2.2, update to version 4.2.2 or later to resolve the issue.