CVE-2010-2798 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2010-2798

The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before...

Vulnerability Description

The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, esx, ubuntu linux, debian linux, aura communication manager, aura presence services, aura session manager, aura system manager, aura system platform, iq, voice portal, opensuse, linux enterprise high availability extension, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.0, 4.1, 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 5.0, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 1.1, 5.1, 11.1, 11

Timeline

Official Publish: September 8th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.