CVE-2015-8324

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-11-23

Description

The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does notproperly 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.

See more information about CVE-2015-8324 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-0855	2016-05-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3567	2016-05-20

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