A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to errors in the "ext2_lookup()" and "ext2_check_page()" functions when handling corrupted data streams, which could be exploited by local attackers to crash a vulnerable system via a malicious ext2 image, creating a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by LMH
ChangeLog
2006-11-14 : Initial release
2007-01-11 : Updated Solution
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