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CVE-2009-1250

CVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Summary

The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

CVSS 2.0 breakdown

Base score7.8 (HIGH)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityCOMPLETE

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Ibm afsOpenafs openafsLinux linux kernel
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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