CVE - CVE-2008-4934

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4934	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The hfsplus_block_allocate function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 does not check a certain return value from the read_mapping_page function before calling kmap, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hfsplus filesystem image.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20081103 CVE requests: kernel: hfsplus-related bugs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=649f1ee6c705aab644035a7998d7b574193a598a CONFIRM:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1 DEBIAN:DSA-1687 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 DEBIAN:DSA-1681 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:234 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234 REDHAT:RHSA-2009:0014 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html REDHAT:RHSA-2009:0264 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html UBUNTU:USN-679-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 BID:32096 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32096 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11635 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11635 SECUNIA:32510 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32510 SECUNIA:32918 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 SECUNIA:33180 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 SECUNIA:32998 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 SECUNIA:33556 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 SECUNIA:33858 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 XF:linux-kernel-hfsplus-dos(46327) URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46327
Date Entry Created
20081105	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081105)
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CVE-2008-4934