CVE - CVE-2009-0031

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0031	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:33858 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 MISC:34252 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34252 MISC:34394 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 MISC:34502 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 MISC:34762 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34762 MISC:34981 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 MISC:35011 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 MISC:51501 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/51501~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1749 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 MISC:DSA-1787 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 MISC:DSA-1794 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 MISC:RHSA-2009:0264 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html MISC:RHSA-2009:0331 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html MISC:RHSA-2009:0360 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:010 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html MISC:USN-751-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20090119 CVE-2009-0031 kernel: local denial of service in keyctl_join_session_keyring URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4 MISC:http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc URL:http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11386 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20081215	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081215)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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