CVE-2015-0275: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ext4_zero_range function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted fallocate zero-range request.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.0.5
• Oracle Linux: version 7 only

Published 2015-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.