CVE-2009-4308

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-12-13

Description

The ext4_decode_error function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference), and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal.

See more information about CVE-2009-4308 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.15.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.15.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0147	2010-03-17

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