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CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oops
From: Timo Warns <warns () pre-sense de>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:53:09 +0200
The Linux kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage devices. The code for evaluating EFI GUID partitions (in fs/partitions/efi.c) contains a bug that causes a kernel oops on certain corrupted GUID partition tables. A patch is available at http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html Cheers, Timo
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