A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
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| linux | linux_kernel | 5.8.9 | - |
| linux | linux_kernel | - | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - |
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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linux / linux_kernel
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| canonical | ubuntu_linux | - | - |
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| starwindsoftware | starwind_virtual_san | - | - |
| starwindsoftware | starwind_virtual_san | - | - |
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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