XFS Remote Attribute Replacement Vulnerability

CVE-2015-0274 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The XFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15 improperly uses an old size value during remote attribute replacement, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (transaction overrun and data corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging XFS filesystem access.

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