CVE-2009-4308

CVE-2009-4308 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The ext4_decode_error function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference), and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal.

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