CVE-2009-0031

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-01-21

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-0031 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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

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