01 Record
CVE-2009-2908
The d_delete function in fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in eCryptfs in the Linux kernel 2.6.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The d_delete function in fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in eCryptfs in the Linux kernel 2.6.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-10-13 10:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f7c13bf777c107f0b77613c244bddfedbef8eb66beac6cdc18178adffc0b895c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-852-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- secunia.com38794http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updateshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-ecryptfs-dos(53693)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53693
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10216https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10216
- secunia.com37075http://secunia.com/advisories/37075
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.31.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=afc2b6932f48f200736d3e36ad66fee0ec733136
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527534
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/387073
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1548https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
- secunia.com38834http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-10525https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6992https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6992
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091006 Kernel ecryptfs CVE id (CVE-2009-2908)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/06/1
- www.securityfocus.com36639http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36639
- secunia.com37105http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0528http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528