Denial of Service Vulnerability in ext4_fill_super Function

CVE-2011-2493 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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