Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006568
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-7509  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted no-journal filesystem, a related issue to CVE-2013-2015.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1