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CVE-2015-8746

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.2.1

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/9
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034594
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295802
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2

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