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CVE-2010-2798 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=728a756b8fcd22d80e2dbba8117a8a3aafd3f203 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024386 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/10 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0660.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620300 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2798
NVD Published Date:
09/08/2010
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.