CVE-2010-2798 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel (before 2.6.35) and various distributions including Avaya, Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, SUSE, and VMware. It stems from an incorrect size calculation in the gfs2_dirent_find_space function, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system panic when renaming files in a GFS2 filesystem. Rated High (CVSS 7.8), this local vulnerability (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) allows an authenticated local user to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.