Is CVE-2009-1961 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1961 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1961?

CVE-2009-1961 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-1961

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

The inode double locking code in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 before 2.6.30-rc3, 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.24, 2.6.29 before 2.6.29.4, and possibly other versions down to 2.6.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation and removal) via a series of splice system calls that trigger a deadlock between the generic_file_splice_write, splice_from_pipe, and ocfs2_file_splice_write functions.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.7 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-667
EPSS score: 0.6% (48th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1956)
Published: June 8, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1956 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7bfac9ecf0585962fe13584f5cf526d8c8e76f17(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35847(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36051(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022307(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844(Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/2(Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/30/1(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/02/2(Exploit, Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/1(Exploit, Mailing List)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35143(Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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