PT-2009-6112 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Robin Getz · Published 2009-11-16 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-3888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31.6

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application that attempts to allocate a large amount of memory. This is due to a problem in the do mmap pgoff function in mm/nommu.c, which occurs when the CPU lacks a memory management unit.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31.6, update to version 2.6.31.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3888

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/10017 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3888 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/09/2 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3 · Note