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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (41)

• 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.* (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090405 CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.* (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 37471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5356 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.* (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 35120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-793-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 35343 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [linux-cifs-client] 20090406 [PATCH] cifs: Fix insufficient memory allocation for nativeFileSystem field (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 35387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 35217 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 35394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:13 UTC.