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FKIE_CVE-2015-0275

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-10-19 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:19
Severity
Summary
The ext4_zero_range function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted fallocate zero-range request.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/14Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75139Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034454Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg47193.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193907Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/14Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75139Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034454Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg47193.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193907Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f2af21aae11972fa924374ddcf52e88347cf5a8Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
oracle linux 7

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