CVE-2015-7509
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-12-28 11:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 39c997d12703b24c90e28273f72a0589fccc6fc5243c061dcb0ea15eaecba929
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0855http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2350http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259222
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2339http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034559http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034559
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956709
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1~experimental.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1~experimental.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.8-1~experimental.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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