CVE-2009-2767
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 14, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 14, 2009
Description
The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 36200third-party-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAWmailing-list
- ADV-2009-2197vdb-entry
- USN-852-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090806 CVE request: kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereferencemailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70d715fd0597f18528f389b5ac59102263067744
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6
- linux-kernel-clocknanosleep-priv-escalation(52317)vdb-entry
- [linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAWmailing-list
- 37105third-party-advisory
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