PT-2009-2739 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Nelson Elhage · Published 2009-01-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-0024

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.24.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the vm file structure member, and the mmap region and do munmap functions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.24.1, update to version 2.6.24.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0024

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33211 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0024 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/1 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a459e44ad837018ea5c34a9efe8eb4ad27ded26 · Note