CVE-2009-1961

NameCVE-2009-1961
DescriptionThe inode double locking code in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 before 2.6.30-rc3, 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.24, 2.6.29 before 2.6.29.4, and possibly other versions down to 2.6.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation and removal) via a series of splice system calls that trigger a deadlock between the generic_file_splice_write, splice_from_pipe, and ocfs2_file_splice_write functions.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1844-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourceetch(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-16
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.30-1low
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.8etch2DSA-1844-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[etch] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Affected code was introduced in 2.6.19)
fixed in lenny 5.0.2 release

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