CVE-2005-2801 (GCVE-0-2005-2801)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-09-06 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2005-02-05 00:00
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