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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-2493

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-2493

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/13/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
06/21/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vmi
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vmi-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vmi-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-preload-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-preload-kmp-desktop

References

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