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CVE-2011-2493

Published: Jun 13, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain error-report data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660a

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660a

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20110624 Re: CVE request: kernel: ext4: init timer earlier to avoid a kernel panic in __save_error_info

mailing-list

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

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