High severity · published Nov 4, 2009
CVE-2009-3547
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…
7.0
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 2.6.31.14; 2.6.32; 2.6.32; 2.6.32; 2.6.32; 2.6.32; +1 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
3.0; 4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
4.8; 5.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
3.0; 4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
3.0; 4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
ES
Esx · Vmware
4.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
10 · source: NVD
LD
Linux Desktop · Novell
9 · source: NVD
MR
Mrg Realtime · Redhat
1.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.0; 11.2 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3547
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3547
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
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