VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4098
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.
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.