CVE-2009-4021 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2009-4021 at MITRE

Description

The fuse_direct_io function in fs/fuse/file.c in the fuse subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and OOPS) via vectors possibly related to a memory-consumption attack.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 556864 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2009:061, published Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2009:064, published Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2010:001, published Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2010:012, published Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:18:06 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:36:14 2023