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
Published Jun 8, 2013
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 39.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 37.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 17.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.2.bz2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64dd153c83743af81f20924c6343652d731eeecb | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2011-September/msg00064.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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