CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2008-09-27
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-11