Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2689
CVE-2011-2689
Description
The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block size, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by arranging for all resource groups to have too little free space.
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Affected products
7- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
10- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1065.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/45193nvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/48677nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68557nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc1nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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