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.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/1 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1065.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68557 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1025776 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48677 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/45193 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_HP |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6905d9e4dda6112f007e9090bca80507da158e63 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720861 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/1 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1065.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68557 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1025776 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48677 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/45193 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_HP x_transferred |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6905d9e4dda6112f007e9090bca80507da158e63 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720861 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |