CVE-2009-3547

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.

Score
CVSS 3.1 7.0 High
Status
Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published
2009-11-04
Last modified
2024-08-07
Weaknesses
CWE-362, CWE-476, CWE-672

Affected products

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