VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2801

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-09-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison

Primary references