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The fallocate implementation in the GFS2 filesystem in...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 8, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Apr 11, 2025

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2011-4098

GHSA ID

GHSA-gfx9-pw8h-48w8

Source code

No known source code

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