CVE-2015-8324
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8324
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8324.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8324
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-05-02T10:59:18Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:46:30.642340Z
- Severity
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- 4.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly 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 ext4fillsuper function.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html