VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-1336
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-04-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
fs/nfs/client.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly initialize a certain structure member that stores the maximum NFS filename length, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a long filename, related to the encode_lookup function.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation