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Tracker / CVE-2009-3547

CVE-2009-3547

High 7.0

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 products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
fedoraproject fedora
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.31.14
novell linux_desktop
opensuse opensuse
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
redhat mrg_realtime
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server
vmware esx
vmware vma

Analysis

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