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.

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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