CVE-2009-0269

NameCVE-2009-0269
Descriptionfs/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1749-1, DSA-1787-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourceetch(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-13lenny2DSA-1749-1
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)

Notes

[etch] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (ecryptfs was merged in 2.6.19)

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