CVE-2009-3547

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.

🔗 References (58)

• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184
• secalert@redhathttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42
• secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37351
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38017
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38794
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38834
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329