CVE-2009-3547

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-362, CWE-476, CWE-672

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html