CVE-2009-2848

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 78% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
C
Published: August 18, 2009 (6113 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_child_tid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONE_CHILD_SETTID or CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID enabled, which is not properly handled during thread creation and exit.

CWE

CWE-269

Affected Products

linux linux kernelnovell linux desktopopensuse opensusesuse linux enterprise desktopsuse linux enterprise serverfedoraproject fedoracanonical ubuntu linuxredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux workstation

References

🔗 article.gmane.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 rhn.redhat.com