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MEDIUM

security flaw

Published Nov 22, 2006

Description

The ext2 file system code in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext2 stream with malformed data structures that triggers an error in the ext2_check_page due to a length that is smaller than the minimum.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (29)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 22, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 21, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Nov 12, 2006