CVE-2009-4020
N/A
Published: December 4, 2009 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
- http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-a-potential-buffer-overflow.patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=125987755823047&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-a-potential-buffer-overflow.patchVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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