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CVE-2011-4098

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.2
Version 3.2

Weakness classification

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