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.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2241-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-2241-2 | linux security update |
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 |
USN-3005-1 | Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3006-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3007-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.094Z
Reserved: 2016-04-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8839
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:22.110
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-8839
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN