Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2015-8839

Disclosure Date: May 02, 2016
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Description

Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a different user’s file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.1 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.4
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 4.5,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04
Technical Analysis