PT-2015-7556 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Alexander Bergmann · CVE-2015-7509 · Published 2015-12-22 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by utilizing a crafted no-journal filesystem.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7, update to version 3.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CESA-2016_0855

CVE-2015-7509

RHSA-2016:0855

RHSA-2016_0855

SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1

SUSE-SU-2015:2350-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 239

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0855.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7509 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7509 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9b92530a723ac5ef8e352885a1862b18f31b2f5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7509 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7509 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7509 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:2350-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3566.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3567.html · Vendor Advisory