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kernel: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | kernel |
CVE #(s): | CVE-2009-1897
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| Created: | July 27, 2009 |
Updated: | October 5, 2009 |
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From the CVE entry:
The tun_chr_poll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks gcc option is omitted, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a NULL pointer dereference and an mmap of /dev/net/tun, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1894. |
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