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CVE-2015-8746

Published: 02/05/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 446
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFS client in the Linux kernel prior to 4.2.2 does not properly initialize memory for migration recovery operations, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via crafted network traffic.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8746
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel: the NFSv42 migration code improperly initialized the kernel structure A local, authenticated user could use this flaw to cause a panic of the NFS client (denial of service) ...

References

NVD-CWE-Otherhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415dahttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/9https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295802http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415dahttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034594http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8746
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