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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-2768 Detail

Description

The load_flat_shared_library function in fs/binfmt_flat.c in the flat subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a shared flat binary, which triggers an access of an "uninitialized cred pointer."


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/18/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Red Hat does not provide support for flat binary support, and additionally this issue only affected kernels version 2.6.29-rc1 and later.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3440625d78711bee41a84cf29c3d8c579b522666 Broken Link 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/22/91 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/13/1 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36037 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52909 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2768
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
MITRE