CVE-2015-8374
medium
CVSS v3
4.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.0
Description
fs/btrfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles compressed inline extents, which allows local users to obtain sensitive pre-truncation information from a file via a clone action.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
40%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.6-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.6-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.6-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.6-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.6-2 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8374.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0305cd5f7fca85dae392b9ba85b116896eb7c1c7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/27/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78219
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034895
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1286261
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0305cd5f7fca85dae392b9ba85b116896eb7c1c7
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8374
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.