CVE - CVE-2009-2767

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2767	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=70d715fd0597f18528f389b5ac59102263067744 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/28 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/40 MLIST:[oss-security] 20090806 CVE request: kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/06/2 SECUNIA:36200 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36200 SECUNIA:37105 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 UBUNTU:USN-852-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 VUPEN:ADV-2009-2197 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2197~~ (Obsolete source) XF:linux-kernel-clocknanosleep-priv-escalation(52317) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52317
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090814	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.
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Assigned (20090814)
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