CVE-2009-1527 (GCVE-0-2009-1527)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-05-05 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect cred_exec_mutex object.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34977 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/54188 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34799 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236 Not Applicable
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50293 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=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34977 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/54188 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34799 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236 Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50293 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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