CVE-2015-8839

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-03-31

Description

Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in theLinux kernel before 4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a different user's file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling.

See more information about CVE-2015-8839 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:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-1842	2017-08-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-1842-1	2017-08-15

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