Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1338

 

Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1338

Published: April 22, 2009 / Updated: October 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92668
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1338
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error within the kill_something_info() function in kernel/signal.c. A local user can read and manipulate data.


How to mitigate CVE-2009-1338

Install update from vendor's repository.

Sources