kernel: denial of service
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2009-2767 | ||||||||
| Created: | August 27, 2009 | Updated: | October 22, 2009 | ||||||||
| Description: | From the National Vulnerability Database
entry:
"The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference." | ||||||||||
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