7.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-4307

Published: 13/12/2009 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.1 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 632
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ext4 filesystem containing a super block with a large FLEX_BG group size (aka s_log_groups_per_flex value).

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel 2.6.22.14

linux linux kernel 2.6.6

linux linux kernel 2.6.12

Vendor Advisories

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