Race conditions in ext4 filesystem implementation in Linux kernel before 4.5 can lead to disk corruption
CVE-2015-8839 · MEDIUM Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a different user's file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling.
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