Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1897
Published: July 20, 2009 / Updated: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92662
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1897
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2009-1897
Install update from vendor's repository.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/6/19
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/cheddar_bay.tgz
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512284
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-07/0241.html
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6820
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/124939
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35839
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/17/1
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-07/0246.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1925
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51803
- https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/security-flaws-caused-compiler-optimizations
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c8a9c63d5fd738c261bd0ceece04d9c8357ca13