CVE-2011-4098

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2

Description The issue is related to the fallocate implementation in the GFS2 filesystem, which relies on the page cache. This might allow local users to cause a denial of service in certain situations where there is insufficient memory, by preallocating blocks.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later to resolve the issue.