CVE-2005-2801

HIGH

Linux kernel 2.6 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.

References (16)

[Broken Link, Exploit] http://acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.html

[Mailing List, Patch] http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.html

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/18059

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/19252

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

[Broken Link] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

[Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10495

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0334

EPSS Percentile 87.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-697

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Sep 06, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026