CVE-2015-4167

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The 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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04
Debian Linux: 7.0
Linux kernel: through 3.19

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23b133bdc452aa441fcb9b82cbf6dd05cfd342d0
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3290
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/02/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74963
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033187
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2631-1

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