CVE-2018-10924

glusterfs: Denial-of-service via fsync(2) in Gluster FUSE client

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 4, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of glusterfs as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, and Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption