CVE-2009-2848 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's execve function, affecting versions possibly up to 2.6.30-rc6 and various distributions including Canonical, Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service or potentially escalate privileges by manipulating the clear_child_tid pointer during thread creation and exit via specific clone system calls. With a CVSS score of 5.9, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring local access and medium attack complexity, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.29.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
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