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CVE-2008-3528

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3528 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext2, ext3, and potentially ext4 filesystem error-reporting functionality, specifically in versions up to 2.6.26.5. This flaw allows physically proximate attackers to trigger an excessive number of console messages by mounting a corrupted filesystem with malformed directory size and block values, leading to a temporary system hang. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.26.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.26.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3528Low

Linux kernel ext[234] directory corruption denial of service

Sep 13, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
lkml.org / lkml/2008/9/13/98
Exploit
lkml.org / lkml/2008/9/13/99
Exploit
lkml.org / lkml/2008/9/17/371
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/32356
secunia.com / advisories/32370
secunia.com / advisories/32509
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32709
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32759
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32799
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32998
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33180
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33586
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33758
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37471
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45720
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10852
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8642
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1681
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1687
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-662-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316
Vendor Advisory