CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0031
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
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."
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.28.1)
• linux linux kernel 2.2.27
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.1
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.2
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.3
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.4
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.5
• linux linux kernel 2.4.36.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.18
• linux linux kernel 2.6.19.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.19.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.19.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.19.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.16
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.17
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.18
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.19
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.20
• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.21
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.21.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.9
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.14
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.15
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.17
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.18
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.19
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.20
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.21
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22.22
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22 rc1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.22 rc7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.9
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.15
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.16
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.17
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23 rc1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.24.5
… and 31 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc git2.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/51501 osvdb.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 secunia.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc git2.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/51501 osvdb.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 secunia.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386 oval.cisecurity.org