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CVE-2009-4307

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a

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Summary

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote attackers 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).

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References 12

secunia.com

git.kernel.org

lkml.org

redhat.com

kernel.org

oval.cisecurity.org

lists.opensuse.org

bugzilla.kernel.org

mandriva.com