CVE-2015-8324
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 2.6.34 - Denial of Service via Crafted USB Device
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2
Scores
CVSS v3
4.6
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 2.6.33.20
Published
May 02, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026