CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10208

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2017-02-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References