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CVE-2011-2689

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 3.0
Version 3.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 5.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Version 5.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 5.0

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