CVE-2011-4098 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GFS2 filesystem's fallocate implementation within the Linux kernel before version 3.2. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 1.9 (low severity), could allow a local attacker with medium access complexity to cause a denial of service by preallocating blocks under specific low-memory conditions. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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