CVE-2008-3528 in Kernelinfo

Summary

The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.

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Reservation

08/07/2008

Disclosure

09/27/2008

Entries

1: VDB-44215

CPE

ready

CVSS

4.0

EPSS

0.00352

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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