CVE-2009-0746
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The make_indexed_dir function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.19 and 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.7 does not validate a certain rec_len field, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12430
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6b8bc09ba2075cd91fbffefcd2778b1a00bd76f
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.19
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.7
- http://osvdb.org/52202