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CVE-2015-8746

Published: May 2, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFS client in the Linux kernel before 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295802

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20160105 CVE request -- linux kernel: nfs: kernel panic occurs at nfs client when nfsv4.2 migration is executed

mailing-list

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da

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