Null pointer dereference

The tunchrpoll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks gcc option is omitted, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a NULL pointer dereference and an mmap of /dev/net/tun, a differen...

CVE-2009-1897

The tunchrpoll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks gcc option is omitted, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a NULL pointer dereference and an mmap of /dev/net/tun, a differen...

CVE-2009-1897

The CVE affects the Linux kernel tun/tun_chr_poll path: the tun_chr_poll function in drivers/net/tun.c for Linux kernel versions 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1. The underlying issue is that, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks option is omitted, a NULL pointer dereference can be triggered via a NULL de...

CVE-2009-1897

The tunchrpoll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks gcc option is omitted, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a NULL pointer dereference and an mmap of /dev/net/tun, a differen...

CVE-2009-1897: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The tunchrpoll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks gcc option is omitted, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a NULL pointer dereference and an mmap of /dev/net/tun, a differen...