Integer overflow in the ext4_ext_get_blocks function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a…

Description

Integer overflow in the ext4_ext_get_blocks function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a write operation on the last block of a large file, followed by a sync operation.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (23)

• kernel-stacksize-dos(61156) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0723 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100817 Re: CVE request - kernel: integer overflow in ext4_ext_get_blocks() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100816 CVE request - kernel: integer overflow in ext4_ext_get_blocks() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100816 Re: CVE request - kernel: integer overflow in ext4_ext_get_blocks() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624327 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 42477 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=731eb1a03a8445cde2cb23ecfb3580c6fa7bb690 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:55 UTC.