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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1749-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1787-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-751-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a17d5232de7b53d34229de79ec22f4bb04adb7e4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33412 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48188 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.launchpad.net/ecryptfs-devel/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.launchpad.net/ecryptfs-devel/msg00011.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0269 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8169 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8944 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0269 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:24:18.517Z

Reserved: 2009-01-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-0269

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-01-26T15:30:04.967

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-0269

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-12-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0269 - Bugzilla

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