CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0859

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2009-03-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-03-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The shm_get_stat function in ipc/shm.c in the shm subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5, when CONFIG_SHMEM is disabled, misinterprets the data type of an inode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an SHM_INFO shmctl call, as demonstrated by running the ipcs program.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.28.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References