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IDCVSSSummaryLast (major) updatePublished
CVE-2009-2692 7.2
The Linux kernel 2.6.0 through 2.6.30.4, and 2.4.4 through 2.4.37.4, does not initialize all function pointers for socket operations in proto_ops structures, which allows local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and gain privileges by using
08-02-2024 - 23:50 14-08-2009 - 15:16
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