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CVE-2009-2767

CVE-2009-2767

EPSS 0.7%
The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70d715fd0597f18528f389b5ac59102263067744http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/28http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/40http://secunia.com/advisories/36200http://secunia.com/advisories/37105https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52317http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/06/2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2197