CVE-2005-2801
Publication date 6 September 2005
Last updated 17 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| kernel-source-2.4.27 | ||
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N