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kernel: cifs: memory overwrite when saving nativeFileSystem field during mount

Published Apr 27, 2009

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 27, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 27, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Mar 26, 2009