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FKIE_CVE-2009-1243

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-06 14:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30842f2989aacfaba3ccb39829b3417be9313dbeBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34478Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-proc-net-udp-8586Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34329Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49595Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30842f2989aacfaba3ccb39829b3417be9313dbeBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34478Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-proc-net-udp-8586Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34329Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49595Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *

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