SB2009060801 - Denial of service in Linux kernel ocfs2
Published: June 8, 2009 Updated: June 4, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009060801
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1961)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS) on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within fs/ocfs2/file.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35143
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/02/2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022307
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7bfac9ecf0585962fe13584f5cf526d8c8e76f17