CVE-2009-2768 (GCVE-0-2009-2768)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-08-14 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The load_flat_shared_library function in fs/binfmt_flat.c in the flat subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a shared flat binary, which triggers an access of an "uninitialized cred pointer."
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3440625d78711bee41a84cf29c3d8c579b522666 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/22/91 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/36278 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/1905 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.5 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/13/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36037 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3440625d78711bee41a84cf29c3d8c579b522666 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/22/91 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/36278 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/1905 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.5 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/13/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36037 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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