CVE-2009-0031

Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."

🔗 References (40)

• secalert@redhathttp://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
• secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/51501
• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33858
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34252
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34394
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34502
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34762
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34981
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35011
• secalert@redhathttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794