CVE-2009-1336

Linux Kernel < 2.6.22.19 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

fs/nfs/client.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly initialize a certain structure member that stores the maximum NFS filename length, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a long filename, related to the encode_lookup function.

References (23)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=54af3bb543c071769141387a42deaaab5074da55

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1024.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1077.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022176

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494074

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10859

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8495

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34390

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/06/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/17/2

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35015

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35160

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35324

... and 3 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.22.19

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Apr 22, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026