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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0835 Detail

Description

The __secure_computing function in kernel/seccomp.c in the seccomp subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x86_64 platform, when CONFIG_SECCOMP is enabled, 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 intended access restrictions via crafted syscalls that are misinterpreted as (a) stat or (b) chmod, a related issue to CVE-2009-0342 and CVE-2009-0343.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/19/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise MRG via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html .

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/28/23 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579056530191&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579069630311&w=2 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=123597627132485&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-001.html CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-004.html CVE, MITRE
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-seccomp.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34084 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34917 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35185 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33948 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487255 CVE, MITRE Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0835
NVD Published Date:
03/06/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE