High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2801
CVE-2005-2801
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
16- lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.htmlnvdMailing ListPatch
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.htmlnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.htmlnvdBroken LinkExploit
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/17073nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/17826nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/18056nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/18059nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/19252nvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.htmlnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10495nvdBroken Link
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