CVE-2009-0935

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

18/03/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The inotify_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.27.13, 2.6.28 to 2.6.28.2, and 2.6.29-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a read with an invalid address to an inotify instance, which causes the device&#39;s event list mutex to be unlocked twice and prevents proper synchronization of a data structure for the inotify instance.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.70

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.27 (including)	2.6.27.13 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.28 (including)	2.6.28.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.29:rc3::::::

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CVE-2009-0935

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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