CVE - CVE-2009-4895

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-4895	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to the put_tty_queue and __f_setown functions. NOTE: the vulnerability was addressed in a different way in 2.6.32.9.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=703625118069f9f8960d356676662d3db5a9d116 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14605 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559100 DEBIAN:DSA-2094 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100615 CVE Request - kernel: put_tty_queue NULL pointer deref URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100615 Re: CVE Request - kernel: put_tty_queue NULL pointer deref URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100615 Re: CVE Request - kernel: put_tty_queue NULL pointer deref URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100615 Re: CVE Request - kernel: put_tty_queue NULL pointer deref URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/5 UBUNTU:USN-1000-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20100615	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 (20100615)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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