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CVE-2010-1436

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2010-05-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

gfs2 in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle when the gfs2_quota struct occupies two separate pages, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via certain manipulations that cause an out-of-bounds write, as demonstrated by writing from an ext3 file system to a gfs2 file system.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References