CVE-2009-0745: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ext4_group_add function in fs/ext4/resize.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.19 and 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.7 does not properly initialize the group descriptor during a resize (aka resize2fs) operation, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by arranging for crafted values to be present in available memory.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.27 only; version 2.6.27.1 only; version 2.6.27.2 only; version 2.6.27.3 only; version 2.6.27.4 only; version 2.6.27.5 only; …

Published 2009-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.