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CVE-2009-4131

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2009-12-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT (aka move extents) ioctl implementation in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted request, related to insufficient checks for file permissions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References