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CVE-2012-5374

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 c…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5

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