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title: "CVE-2008-3528\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3528

Publication date 27 September 2008

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c,
and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit
the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption,
which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service
(temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted
dir->i\_size and dir->i\_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write
operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses
privilege boundaries.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |
| linux-source-2.6.20 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3528)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3528)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3528)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3528)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-662-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-662-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 5 November 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3528>