CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2801

7.5 HIGH Published 2005-09-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-09-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-697

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (4)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
  • CWE-351 Insufficient Type Distinction weakness
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References