Bug#303294: CAN-2005-0400: ext2 mkdir() leaks kernel data

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
Severity: important
Tags: security

CAN-2005-0400 reports that an information leak occurs in the ext2 mkdir():

See http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@1.1481?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-2w
for a description and a patch.

Cheers,
        Moritz

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)