National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1436

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586006

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586006

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-gfs2quota-dos(58839)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/58839

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100427 Re: CVE request - gfs2 kernel issue

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100427 CVE request - gfs2 kernel issue

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43315

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10652

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10652

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10652

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10652