SB2009121302 - Division by zero in Linux kernel ext4
Published: December 13, 2009
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009121302
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-4307)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the ext4_fill_flex_info() function in fs/ext4/super.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14287
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=503358ae01b70ce6909d19dd01287093f6b6271c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/9/255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38276
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.32-git6.log
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0380.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9874