What is CVE-2009-0269?

CVE-2009-0269 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Out-of-bounds Write flaw (CWE-787). CVE-2009-0269 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0269?

CVE-2009-0269 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-0269?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-0269 patch availability.

Is CVE-2009-0269 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0269 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)?

The product writes data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

CVE-2009-0269

Medium

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array index.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-01-26

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-787

CVE-2009-0269 is a Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability

What is Out-of-bounds Write?

The product writes data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

27 total

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33412

Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a17d5232de7b53d34229de79ec22f4bb04adb7e4

Broken Link
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

Mailing List
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

Mailing List
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

Mailing List

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-0269

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-01-26

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0269?

CVE-2009-0269 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Out-of-bounds Write flaw (CWE-787) . CVE-2009-0269 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0269?

CVE-2009-0269 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-0269?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-0269 patch availability.
Is CVE-2009-0269 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2009-0269 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.