PT-2013-1420 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2013-06-08 · Updated 2013-06-10 · CVE-2011-4098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2

Description The issue is related to the fallocate implementation in the GFS2 filesystem, which relies on the page cache. This might allow local users to cause a denial of service in certain situations where there is insufficient memory, by preallocating blocks.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4098

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4098 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4098 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4098 · Security Note
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb · Note
• https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd · Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb · Note
• https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git;a=commit;h=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd · Note