CVE-2009-4021

CVE-2009-4021 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The fuse_direct_io function in fs/fuse/file.c in the fuse subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and OOPS) via vectors possibly related to a memory-consumption attack.

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