CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3234
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-09-17
- 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-119
Description
Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a "big size data" to the perf_counter_open system call.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.31
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/890654 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/13 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36423 www.securityfocus.com
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/890654 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/13 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36423 www.securityfocus.com