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CVE-2016-10208

Published: Feb 6, 2017

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.

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

References

[oss-security] 20170204 Re: Local DoS: Linux Kernel EXT4 Memory Corruption / SLAB-Out-of-Bounds Read

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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vendor-advisory

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[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1200-1] linux security update

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1fe

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1fe

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vendor-advisory

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190

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vendor-advisory

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20161115 OS-S 2016-22 - Local DoS: Linux Kernel EXT4 Memory Corruption / SLAB-Out-of-Bounds Read

mailing-list

x_refsource_FULLDISC

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

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