CVE-2015-7509
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 3.6.11 - Denial of Service via Crafted No-Journal Filesystem
Title source: llmDescription
fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted no-journal filesystem, a related issue to CVE-2013-2015.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259222
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034559
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956709
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
32.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.6.11
Published
Dec 28, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026