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CVE-2009-4141

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CVE-2009-4141

Published: Jan 19, 2010

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasync_helper function in fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors that include enabling O_ASYNC (aka FASYNC or FIOASYNC) on a locked file, and then closing this file.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9201
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
37806
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7054
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
39033
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
38199
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2010:0095
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2010:0046
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SA:2010:010
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2010:0161
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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