PT-2009-6432 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2009-12-13 · Updated 2012-03-19 · CVE-2009-4306

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.32-git6

Description The issue is related to an unspecified vulnerability in the EXT4 IOC MOVE EXT ioctl implementation in the ext4 filesystem. This vulnerability allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in filesystem corruption, via unknown vectors.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.32-git6, update to a version newer than 2.6.32-git6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4306

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4306 · Security Note
• http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6572069107 · Note
• http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6569596339 · Note
• http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6567167692 · Note
• http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6551797457 · Note
• http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6583954567 · Note
• http://twitter.com/tytso/statuses/6571730411 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547263 · Note
• http://grsecurity.org/test/grsecurity-2.1.14-2.6.32-200912112157.patch · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 · Note
• http://twitter.com/fotisl/statuses/6568947714 · Note