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CVE-2015-0275
The ext4_zero_range function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.46%
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- redhat
Description
The ext4_zero_range function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted fallocate zero-range request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (11)
- 1034454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193907 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-ext4] 20150218 [PATCH] ext4: Allocate entire range in zero range (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 75139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150223 CVE-2015-0275 -- Linux kernel: fs: ext4: fallocate zero range page size > block size BUG() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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