What is CVE-2015-8324?

CVE-2015-8324 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10. CVE-2015-8324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8324?

CVE-2015-8324 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-8324?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-8324. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-8324 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-8324

Medium

The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted USB device, related to the ext4_fill_super function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-05-02

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-8324 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Mirror
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-8324

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2016-05-02

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8324?

CVE-2015-8324 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 . CVE-2015-8324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8324?

CVE-2015-8324 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-8324?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-8324. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-8324 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-8324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.