CVE-2015-8839 describes multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem of the Linux kernel prior to version 4.5, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Ubuntu. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1 (Medium) and allows local attackers to cause a denial of service through disk corruption due to unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.4.221CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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