CVE-2009-1439

Linux Kernel < 2.6.29 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response to an SMB mount request.

References (41)

[Various Sources] http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html

[Mailing List] 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/2009-06/msg00002.html

[Various Sources] http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html

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

[Various Sources] http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html

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

[Third Party Advisory] http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded

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

... and 21 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0234

EPSS Percentile 84.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.29

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Apr 27, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026