CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0834

3.6 LOW Published 2009-03-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-03-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

The audit_syscall_entry function in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x86_64 platform does not properly handle (1) a 32-bit process making a 64-bit syscall or (2) a 64-bit process making a 32-bit syscall, which allows local users to bypass certain syscall audit configurations via crafted syscalls, a related issue to CVE-2009-0342 and CVE-2009-0343.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.28.7) • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 4.7 • redhat enterprise linux eus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux server 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0 • opensuse opensuse 10.3 • opensuse opensuse 11.0 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 10

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