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CVE-2009-0269

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),…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 2.6.28.1
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 10.3, 11.0, 11.1
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 4.0, 5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 7.10, 8.04, 8.10

Weakness classification

CWE-787

References