CVE-2009-0747 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0747

The ext4_isize function in fs/ext4/ext4.h in the Linux kernel 2.6.27...

Vulnerability Description

The ext4_isize function in fs/ext4/ext4.h in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.19 and 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.7 uses the i_size_high structure member during operations on arbitrary types of files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and error-message flood) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.27, 2.6.27.1, 2.6.27.2, 2.6.27.3, 2.6.27.4, 2.6.27.5, 2.6.27.6, 2.6.27.7, 2.6.27.8, 2.6.27.9, 2.6.27.10, 2.6.27.11, 2.6.27.12, 2.6.27.13, 2.6.27.14, 2.6.27.15, 2.6.27.16, 2.6.27.17, 2.6.27.18, 2.6.28, 2.6.28.1, 2.6.28.2, 2.6.28.3, 2.6.28.4, 2.6.28.5, 2.6.28.6

Timeline

Official Publish: February 27th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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