CVE-2012-2100 (GCVE-0-2012-2100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1200 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-01-25 00:00
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