CVE-2009-4306

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-12-14
Bugzilla:
547263: CVE-2009-4306 kernel: ext4: BUG_ON() via EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctl

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT (aka move extents) ioctl implementation in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32-git6 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem corruption) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4131.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4306 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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