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CVE-2009-0269

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2009-01-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 Platforms

Opensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-787

References