CVE-2005-2801

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-697

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 6, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2801: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix