** Description changed:

- A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Journaling Block Device (JBD)
- handled invalid log first block value. An attacker able to mount
- malicious ext3 or ext4 image could use this flaw to crash the system.
+ The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD)
+ functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a
+ denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4
+ image with an "invalid log first block value."
  
  Break-Fix: - 8762202dd0d6e46854f786bdb6fb3780a1625efe

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