Vulnerability Information - CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-3638 - Issue: In the filesystem, a flaw exists in how two extents are split. This causes memory corruption and disk layout issues, leading to kernel oops and potential system crashes for unprivileged users. - Introduced in: Commit: 56055d3ae4cc7fa6d2b10885f20269de8a989ed7 - Upstream Fix: Commit: 667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3 - Credits: Zheng Liu - References: Bugzilla Entry Sender & Context - Message-ID: - Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:44 +0800 - From: Eugene Teo - To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com - Subject: CVE Request -- kernel: ext4: ext4_ext_insert_extent() kernel oops - Response to: Petr Matousek's message on 10/21/2011 09:24 PM