CVE-2009-0031

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

http://secunia.com/advisories/34762

http://secunia.com/advisories/34502

http://secunia.com/advisories/34394

http://secunia.com/advisories/34252

http://secunia.com/advisories/33858

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html

http://osvdb.org/51501

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3