CVE-2015-4167

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4167
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-05 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 does not validate certain length values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect data representation or integer overflow, and OOPS) via a crafted UDF filesystem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3313-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2631-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1324-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
1228204 – (CVE-2015-4167) CVE-2015-4167 Kernel: fs: udf: Check length of extended attributes to avoid oops af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2632-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
udf: Check length of extended attributes and allocation descriptors · torvalds/linux@23b133b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Linux Kernel Bug in UDF Filesystem Support Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3290-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE request Linux kernel: fs: udf kernel oops af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1592-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1382-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Linux Kernel 'fs/udf/inode.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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