CVE-2009-0031 | BDVDB-2026-34408 Detail
Description#
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34502
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.