CVE-2012-5374

Published Feb 18, 2013

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (extended runtime of kernel code) by creating many different files whose names are associated with the same CRC32C hash value.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-310

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