Detections
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CVE-2015-8746
high
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.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295802
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034594
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html