cve-2016-10208
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-06 06:04
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
Summary
The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/75Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94354
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/75Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94354
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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