GSD-2015-8324

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
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The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted USB device, related to the ext4_fill_super function.
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CVE-2015-8324
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