CVE-2015-7509

Published: Dec 28, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

4.4

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 3.6.11

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (20)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034559

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259222

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956709

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5