CVE-2015-8374 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8374?

CVE-2015-8374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

fs/btrfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles compressed inline extents, which allows local users to obtain sensitive pre-truncation information from a file via a clone action.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8374?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8374?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8374, GHSA-pv6w-frj8-84fg, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8374.