CVE-2016-10208

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/75Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94354
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/75Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94354
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1feIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

Timeline

Published: Feb 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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