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CVE-2015-8324
The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
Description
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 ext4_fill_super function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (7)
- RHSA-2016:0855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151123 CVE request -- linux kernel: Null pointer dereference when mounting ext4 filesystem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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