Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: The error-reporting functionality in fs/ext2/dir.c, fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly 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 by mounting a filesystem that has cor ...