CVE-2010-2798

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-09-08
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29