CVE-2009-1243
net/ipv4/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 performs an unlocking step in certain incorrect circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by reading zero bytes from the /proc/net/udp file and unspecified other files, related to the "udp seq_file infrastructure."
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2009-04-06
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Affected products
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30842f2989aacfaba3ccb39829b3417be9313dbe
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34478
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-proc-net-udp-8586
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34329
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49595
