CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1012

Divide By Zero

Published: Mar 01, 2011 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The ldm_parse_vmdb function in fs/partitions/ldm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git6 does not validate the VBLK size value in the VMDB structure in an LDM partition table, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted partition table.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.38 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38 (including) 2.6.38 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc1 (including) 2.6.38-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc2 (including) 2.6.38-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc3 (including) 2.6.38-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc4 (including) 2.6.38-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.38-rc5 (including) 2.6.38-rc5 (including)

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