Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1388
Published: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92841
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1388
CWE-ID: CWE-667
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-1388
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615
- http://osvdb.org/55679
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded