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CVE-2009-1961

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2009-06-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise DesktopOpensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelSuse Linux EnterpriseSuse Linux Enterprise Server

Weakness Type

CWE-667

References