CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8961
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The __ext4_journal_stop function in fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging improper access to a certain error field.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.10.85 < 3.12)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.12.46 < 3.12.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.14.49 < 3.14.59)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.18.20 < 3.18.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.1.4 < 4.1.15)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.2.8)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.3 < 4.3.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6934da9238da947628be83635e365df41064b09b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6934da9238da947628be83635e365df41064b09b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6934da9238da947628be83635e365df41064b09b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6934da9238da947628be83635e365df41064b09b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory