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CVE-2005-2801

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2005-09-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-697

References