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.
Published: 2016-05-02
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-2 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8705 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3005-1 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3006-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3007-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00063}

epss

{'score': 0.00043}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.094Z

Reserved: 2016-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8839

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:22.110

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8839

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8839 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses