CVE-2015-8839
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8839
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8839.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8839
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-05-02T10:59:22Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea3d7209ca01da209cda6f0dea8be9cc4b7a933b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/01/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85798
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035455
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1323577
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea3d7209ca01da209cda6f0dea8be9cc4b7a933b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html