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CVE-2015-8839

Published: 2 May 2016

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Multiple race conditions where discovered in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a different users file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
see oss-sec thread discussion on which commits are a priority
to backport

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-19.21)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-16.19)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-20.21)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-10.11)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-24.43)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-23.41)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-22.24)
Patches:
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by ea3d7209ca01da209cda6f0dea8be9cc4b7a933b
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by 17048e8a083fec7ad841d88ef0812707fbc7e39f
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by 32ebffd3bbb4162da5ff88f9a35dd32d0a28ea70
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by 011278485ecc3cd2a3954b5d4c73101d919bf1fa
linux-armadaxp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.7)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
precise Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1002.2)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1009.9)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1003.3)
trusty Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
linux-euclid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-9019.20)
zesty Does not exist

linux-flo
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1006.6)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.4)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1004.5~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1003.3)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-goldfish
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
linux-grouper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-13.14~18.04.2)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1008.8)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1003.3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
zesty Does not exist

linux-linaro-omap
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-linaro-shared
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-linaro-vexpress
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-quantal
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-saucy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-maguro
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-mako
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Does not exist

linux-manta
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.3)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1004.5)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1021.24)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1008.9)
zesty Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-qcm-msm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.6)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1005.5)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1010.11)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1005.7)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1012.16)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1011.14)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-1013.15)
linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1050.54)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1077.82)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.10)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial
Released (4.4.0-1015.18)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1014.16)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1029.32)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc1)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.1
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H