Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux 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.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-2 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8705 Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3005-1 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3006-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3007-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
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{'score': 0.00063}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.094Z

Reserved: 2016-04-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8839

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:22.110

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8839

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8839 - Bugzilla

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