CVE-2011-2689

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-07-28

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-2689 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1065	2011-07-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.el5)	ELSA-2011-1065	2011-07-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.el5)	ELSA-2011-1065	2011-07-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1189	2011-08-23

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