CVE-2011-4098
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
The fallocate implementation in the GFS2 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2 relies on the page cache, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service by preallocating blocks in certain situations involving insufficient memory.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 3.2 |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd
www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html
Related
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%