Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-3290
Published: September 22, 2009 / Updated: September 19, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92655
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3290
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error within the kvm_emulate_hypercall() function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-3290
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=07708c4af1346ab1521b26a202f438366b7bcffd
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38926/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/21/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/22/8
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1465.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524124
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11328