The inode double locking code in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 before 2.6.30-rc3, 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.24, 2.6.29 before…

Description

The inode double locking code in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 before 2.6.30-rc3, 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.24, 2.6.29 before 2.6.29.4, and possibly other versions down to 2.6.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation and removal) via a series of splice system calls that trigger a deadlock between the generic_file_splice_write, splice_from_pipe, and ocfs2_file_splice_write functions.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-667 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-667 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 35656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1022307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090602 Re: CVE request: kernel: splice local denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 36051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7bfac9ecf0585962fe13584f5cf526d8c8e76f17 (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
• [oss-security] 20090530 Re: CVE request: kernel: splice local denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 35143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090603 Re: CVE request: kernel: splice local denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090529 CVE request: kernel: splice local denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35847 (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, 05:36 UTC.