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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1388 Detail

Description

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/05/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://osvdb.org/55679 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-667 Improper Locking cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1388
NVD Published Date:
07/05/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.