CVE-2009-0031

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 21 Jan 2009, 02:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.1% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jan 2009, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10%• Percentile: 27%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.28.1 | 2.2.27 | 2.4.36 | 2.4.36.1 | 2.4.36.2 | 2.4.36.3 | 2.4.36.4 | 2.4.36.5 | 2.4.36.6 | 2.6 | 2.6.18 | 2.6.18:rc1 | 2.6.18:rc2 | 2.6.18:rc3 | 2.6.18:rc4 | 2.6.18:rc5 | 2.6.18:rc6 | 2.6.18:rc7 | 2.6.19.4 | 2.6.19.5 | 2.6.19.6 | 2.6.19.7 | 2.6.20.16 | 2.6.20.17 | 2.6.20.18 | 2.6.20.19 | 2.6.20.20 | 2.6.20.21 | 2.6.21.5 | 2.6.21.6 | 2.6.21.7 | 2.6.22 | 2.6.22.1 | 2.6.22.2 | 2.6.22.8 | 2.6.22.9 | 2.6.22.10 | 2.6.22.11 | 2.6.22.12 | 2.6.22.13 | 2.6.22.14 | 2.6.22.15 | 2.6.22.17 | 2.6.22.18 | 2.6.22.19 | 2.6.22.20 | 2.6.22.21 | 2.6.22.22 | 2.6.22_rc1 | 2.6.22_rc7 | 2.6.23 | 2.6.23.8 | 2.6.23.9 | 2.6.23.10 | 2.6.23.11 | 2.6.23.12 | 2.6.23.13 | 2.6.23.15 | 2.6.23.16 | 2.6.23.17 | 2.6.23_rc1 | 2.6.24 | 2.6.24.1 | 2.6.24.2 | 2.6.24.3 | 2.6.24.4 | 2.6.24.5 | 2.6.24.6 | 2.6.24.7 | 2.6.24_rc1 | 2.6.24_rc4 | 2.6.24_rc5 | 2.6.25 | 2.6.25.1 | 2.6.25.2 | 2.6.25.3 | 2.6.25.4 | 2.6.25.5 | 2.6.25.6 | 2.6.25.7 | 2.6.25.8 | 2.6.25.9 | 2.6.25.10 | 2.6.25.11 | 2.6.25.12 | 2.6.25.13 | 2.6.25.14 | 2.6.25.15 | 2.6.25.16 | 2.6.25.17 | 2.6.26 | 2.6.26.1 | 2.6.26.2 | 2.6.26.3 | 2.6.26.4 | 2.6.26.5 | 2.6.27 | 2.6.28

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