CVE-2008-3528
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3514)
- Published
- September 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3514 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98(Exploit)
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/99(Exploit)
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32509(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32709(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33180(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33586(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Vendor Advisory)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459577
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45720
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10852
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8642
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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