CVE-2010-2798

Published: Sep 8, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-476

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

avaya

commercial·USaka avaya communication manager, s8300

aura communication manager

Communications

aura presence services

commercial·USaka suse

openSUSEOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux enterprise high availability extensionOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

suse linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

suse linux enterprise serverOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux

oss-projectaka the linux kernel

linux kernelOn-premOS

Operating Systems

vmware

commercial·USaka vmware inc

esxOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / virtualization

canonical

commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.

ubuntu linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Impact

Initial Access

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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/10

openwall.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html

redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

ubuntu.com

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