CVE-2015-8961

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3.3

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging improper access to a certain error field in the ext4 journal stop function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.3.3, update to version 4.3.3 or later to resolve the issue.