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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-4098

CVE-2011-4098

Description

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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  • Linux/Kernel7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.2
    • (no CPE)range: <3.2

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