CVE-2009-0031

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-01-21
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a missing kfree.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.17.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.17.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11