CVE-2009-0748
The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.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 the superblock configuration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% 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=12371
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ec110281379826c5cf6ed14735e47027c3c5765
- 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/52203