USN-1454-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

25 May 2012

The system could be made to crash or become unresponsive under certain conditions.

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A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with
a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service.

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