Resource Exhaustion Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PERF-2460444
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Jul 2011

Introduced: 28 Jul 2011

CVE-2011-2689  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-1189.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block size, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by arranging for all resource groups to have too little free space.

CVSS Scores

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