What is CVE-2015-8746?

CVE-2015-8746 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10. CVE-2015-8746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8746?

CVE-2015-8746 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-8746?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-8746. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-8746 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-8746

High

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-05-02

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

7.5

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-8746 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

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

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-8746

Severity High

CVSS score 7.5 / 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-2015-8746?

CVE-2015-8746 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10 . CVE-2015-8746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8746?

CVE-2015-8746 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-8746?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-8746. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-8746 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-8746 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.