CVE-2011-2689

The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block…

published July 28, 2011

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block size, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by arranging for all resource groups to have too little free space.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00406 · 33.5th percentile
Published
2011-07-28T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 22:00Z
    The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block…
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