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USN-1404-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

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USN-1404-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/03/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2, on the x86 platform and unspecified other platforms, allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger inconsistent filesystem-groups data and possibly cause a denial of service via a malformed ext4 filesystem containing a super block with a large FLEX_BG group size (aka s_log_groups_per_flex value). NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-4307.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-1208-omap4

References

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