7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-2695

Published: 28/08/2009 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 642
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The Linux kernel prior to 2.6.31-rc7 does not properly prevent mmap operations that target page zero and other low memory addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilities, related to (1) the default configuration of the allow_unconfined_mmap_low boolean in SELinux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, (2) an error that causes allow_unconfined_mmap_low to be ignored in the unconfined_t domain, (3) lack of a requirement for the CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability for these mmap operations, and (4) interaction between the mmap_min_addr protection mechanism and certain application programs.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel 2.6.27.29

linux linux kernel 2.6.27.12

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linux linux kernel 2.6.18.7

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linux linux kernel 2.6.27.3

linux linux kernel 2.6.29.3

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linux linux kernel 2.6.12.1

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linux linux kernel 2.6.28

linux linux kernel 2.6.29.5

linux linux kernel 2.6.22.14

linux linux kernel 2.6.6

linux linux kernel 2.6.12

Vendor Advisories

Solar Designer discovered that the z90crypt driver did not correctly check capabilities A local attacker could exploit this to shut down the device, leading to a denial of service Only affected Ubuntu 606 (CVE-2009-1883) ...
NOTE: This kernel update marks the final planned kernel security update for the 2624 kernel in the Debian release 'etch' Although security support for 'etch' officially ended on Feburary 15th, 2010, this update was already in preparation before that date Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial ...

References

CWE-119http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/30084.htmlhttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.lsm/9075http://eparis.livejournal.com/606.htmlhttp://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/36540/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/17/4http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/36539/http://secunia.com/advisories/36501http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc7http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/36650/https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.htmlhttp://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-18042http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/3303390960http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/36649/https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511143http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36051https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517830https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.htmlhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005http://secunia.com/advisories/38834http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38794http://secunia.com/advisories/37105http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9882https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7144http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=84336d1a77ccd2c06a730ddd38e695c2324a7386http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d9959734a1949ea4f2427bd2d8b21ede6b2441chttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ab5a91a8364c3d6fc617abc47cc81d162c01d90ahttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47d439e9fb8a81a90022cfa785bf1c36c4e2aff6http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=788084aba2ab7348257597496befcbccabdc98a3http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2551df7ec568d87793d2eea4ca744e86318f205http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c73875e7dda627040b12c19b01db634fa7f0fd1http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c0d90103c7e0eb6e638e5b649e9f6d8d9c1b4b3http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8cf948e744e0218af604c32edecde10006dc8e9ehttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/852-1/