Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3528
CVE-2008-3528
Description
The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.
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References
38- lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98nvdExploit
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/99nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/32509nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32709nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32759nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32799nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32998nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33180nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33586nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33758nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37471nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32356nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32370nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadednvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45720nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10852nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8642nvd
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