The fallocate implementation in the GFS2 filesystem in...
Low severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 28, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 8, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Jan 28, 2023
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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