CVE-2009-1630

NameCVE-2009-1630
DescriptionThe nfs_permission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.29.3 and earlier, when atomic_open is available, does not check execute (aka EXEC or MAY_EXEC) permission bits, which allows local users to bypass permissions and execute files, as demonstrated by files on an NFSv4 fileserver.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1809-1, DSA-1844-1, DSA-1865-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourceetch1.17+etch.24etch3DSA-1865-1
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3DSA-1865-1
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-15lenny3DSA-1809-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.30-1
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.8etch2DSA-1844-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(unfixed)
user-mode-linuxsourceetch2.6.18-1um-2etch.24etch3DSA-1865-1
user-mode-linuxsourcelenny2.6.26-1um-2+15lenny3DSA-1809-1

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