CVE-2011-4098 (GCVE-0-2011-4098)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-06-08 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:18
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Summary
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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CWE
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