The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of…

Description

The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image with a self-referential CL entry.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (25)

• linux-kernel-cve20145472-dos(95556) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 69428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1318 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• HPSBGN03285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140827 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel unbound recursion in ISOFS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2356-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2355-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134099 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2357-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• HPSBGN03282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2359-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2354-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2358-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/410dd3cf4c9b36f27ed4542ee18b1af5e68645a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=88 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=410dd3cf4c9b36f27ed4542ee18b1af5e68645a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:48 UTC.