CVE-2011-2493

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain error-report data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2493 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as
shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as
they did not backport the upstream commit 66e61a9e that introduced this
issue. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as
shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as it did not include support for EXT4 filesystem.

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