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CVE-2009-3043

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Description

The tty_ldisc_hangup function in drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc before 2.6.31-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash, sometimes preceded by a NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges via certain pseudo-terminal I/O activity, as demonstrated by KernelTtyTest.c.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/2/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c58ceff103d8a654f24769bb1baaf84a841b0cc(cve@mitre.org)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/21(cve@mitre.org)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/27(cve@mitre.org)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/68(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc8(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/6(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/7(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36191(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c58ceff103d8a654f24769bb1baaf84a841b0cc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/21(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/27(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/68(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36191(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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