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CVE-2009-4307

HIGH CVSS: 7.1 Published: 2009-12-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ext4 filesystem containing a super block with a large FLEX_BG group size (aka s_log_groups_per_flex value).

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References