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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-1961 Detail

Description

The 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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/15/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise MRG via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7bfac9ecf0585962fe13584f5cf526d8c8e76f17 Broken Link 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html Mailing List 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022307 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148 Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/2 Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/30/1 Exploit  Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/02/2 Exploit  Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/1 Exploit  Mailing List 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35143 Broken Link  Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-667 Improper Locking cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1961
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/15/2024
Source:
MITRE