The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel…

Description

The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• USN-1146-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=272b62c1f0f6f742046e45b50b6fec98860208a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673037 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [ocfs2-devel] 20110217 [PATCH] Treat writes as new when holes span across page boundaries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 21:51 UTC.