CVE ID:	CVE-2008-3528
Description:	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.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62843   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62957
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3528 20081112 rPSA-2008-0316-1 kernel http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded 32356 http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 32370 http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 32509 http://secunia.com/advisories/32509 32709 http://secunia.com/advisories/32709 32759 http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 32799 http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 32998 http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 33180 http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 33586 http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 33758 http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 37471 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 ADV-2009-3316 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 DSA-1681 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 DSA-1687 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 MDVSA-2008:224 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224 RHSA-2008:0972 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html RHSA-2009:0009 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html RHSA-2009:0326 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html SUSE-SA:2008:051 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html SUSE-SA:2008:052 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html SUSE-SA:2008:053 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html SUSE-SA:2008:056 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html SUSE-SA:2008:057 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html SUSE-SR:2008:025 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html USN-662-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1 [linux-kernel] 20080913 [PATCH 3/4] ext2: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98 [linux-kernel] 20080913 [PATCH 4/4] ext3: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/99 [linux-kernel] 20080918 Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext3: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371 [oss-security] 20080918 CVE-2008-3528 Linux kernel ext[234] directory corruption DoS http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459577 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459577 kernel-errorreporting-dos(45720) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45720 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10852 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10852 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8642 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8642