Description
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Published: 2009-01-21
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1749-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1787-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1794-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0043 Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-751-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.419Z

Reserved: 2008-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0031

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-21T02:30:00.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0031

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-01-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0031 - Bugzilla

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