CVE-2016-10208

medium

Published 2017-02-06 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

4.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

43%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.9.10-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.9.10-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.9.10-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.9.10-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.9.10-1`
linux-kernel		affected

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.