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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):linux CVE #(s):CVE-2012-2100
Created:May 8, 2012 Updated:December 19, 2012
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system when mounting a corrupt filesystem. A user-assisted remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1432-1 2012-05-07
Ubuntu USN-1440-1 2012-05-08
Ubuntu USN-1458-1 2012-05-31
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1445-01 2012-11-13
CentOS CESA-2012:1445 2012-11-13
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20121114 2012-11-14
Oracle ELSA-2012-1445 2012-11-14
Oracle ELSA-2012-1445 2012-11-14
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1580-01 2012-12-18
CentOS CESA-2012:1580 2012-12-19
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20121219 2012-12-19
Oracle ELSA-2012-1580 2012-12-19
Oracle ELSA-2012-2048 2012-12-20
Oracle ELSA-2012-2048 2012-12-20
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