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CVE-2009-0269 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a17d5232de7b53d34229de79ec22f4bb04adb7e4 CVEBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html CVEMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html CVEMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html CVEMailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 CVEBroken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 2.6.28.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
10.3
11.0
11.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
4.0
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
7.10
8.04
8.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0269
NVD Published Date:
Jan 26, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2009-0269 Details - Not Deferred