CVE-2008-3528

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 27, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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