CVE-2009-2768
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 14, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 14, 2009
Description
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."
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
- 36278third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090813 CVE request: kernel: flat: fix uninitialized ptr with shared libsmailing-list
- [linux-kernel] 20090622 Fix for shared flat binary format in 2.6.30mailing-list
- kernel-loadflatsharedlibrary-dos(52909)vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2011:051vendor-advisory
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/1905
- 36037vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3440625d78711bee41a84cf29c3d8c579b522666
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