Description
The ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly track the initialization of certain data structures, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted USB device, related to the ext4_fill_super function.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267261 ↗
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=744692dc059845b2a3022119871846e74d4f6e11 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/23/2 ↗