CVE-2009-1046

NameCVE-2009-1046
DescriptionThe console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an "off-by-two memory error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1787-1, DSA-1800-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourceetch(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-15lenny2DSA-1800-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.29-1
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.8etch1DSA-1787-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(unfixed)
user-mode-linuxsourcelenny2.6.26-1um-2+15lenny2DSA-1800-1

Notes

[etch] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.6.23-rc1)

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