UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10208

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10208

    Published: 6 Feb 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10208
    Aliases:
    USN-3234-1
    USN-3234-2
    USN-3361-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10208, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1fe, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/75, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395190, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a4b77cd47bb837b8557595ec7425f281f2ca1fe, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3234-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3234-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10208

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-157.207

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High