Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-4308
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/38276 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- secunia.com/advisories/43315 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11103 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/37658 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html