{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2009-0935", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The inotify_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.27.13, 2.6.28 to 2.6.28.2, and 2.6.29-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a read with an invalid address to an inotify instance, which causes the device's event list mutex to be unlocked twice and prevents proper synchronization of a data structure for the inotify instance." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "linux-kernel-inotify-read-dos(49331)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49331" }, { "name": "33624", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33624" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090306 CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/06/2" }, { "name": "[linux-kernel] 20090131 [patch 03/43] inotify: clean up inotify_read and fix locking", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123337123501681&w=2" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090319 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/19/2" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20090318 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/18/5" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3" } ] } }