CVE-2011-4098
N/A
Published: June 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecbMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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