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CVE-2009-0269
Published: Jan 26, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array index.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
35390
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
34502
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2009:0326
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
MDVSA-2009:118
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SUSE-SA:2009:010
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
37471
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2009:0360
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[ecryptfs-devel] 20081222 Re: [PATCH, v5] eCryptfs: check readlink result was not an error before using it
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-1749
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
33758
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SA:2009:030
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-751-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[ecryptfs-devel] 20081222 Re: [PATCH, v5] eCryptfs: check readlink result was not an error before using it
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8169
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SA:2009:031
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
34981
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
34394
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1787
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
linux-kernel-readlink-bo(48188)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8944
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
33412
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
ADV-2009-3316
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
35394
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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