CVE-2009-1527
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 5, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 5, 2009
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- linux-kernel-ptraceattach-code-execution(50293)vdb-entry
- 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernelmailing-list
- 54188vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4
- 35120third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090504 CVE request: kernel: ptrace_attach: fix the usage of ->cred_exec_mutexmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb
- ADV-2009-1236vdb-entry
- 34799vdb-entry
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- 34977third-party-advisory
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