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CVE-2010-2798

Date: September 8, 2010

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/10

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42124

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0660.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-2798

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1024386

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=728a756b8fcd22d80e2dbba8117a8a3aafd3f203

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2798

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2798

Url: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620300

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2798

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-2798

Date: September 8, 2010

Language: C

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