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CVE-2009-4307

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CVE-2009-4307

Published: Dec 13, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ext4 filesystem containing a super block with a large FLEX_BG group size (aka s_log_groups_per_flex value).

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

38276
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2010:0380
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9874
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
SUSE-SA:2010:001
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
37658
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SA:2010:005
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDVSA-2011:029
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
38017
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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