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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4049 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:18:48.720Z

Reserved: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-4098

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-06-08T13:05:55.490

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4098

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