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CVE-2011-2493

CVE-2011-2493

EPSS 0.5%
The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain error-report data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.
Affected products
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References
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660ahttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660ahttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/4