CVE-2016-10208
kernel: EXT4 memory corruption / SLAB out-of-bounds read
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · November 15, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
Mounting a crafted EXT4 image read-only leads to an attacker controlled memory corruption and SLAB-Out-of-Bounds reads.
Statement
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, MRG-2 and realtime kernels. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read