Null pointer dereference

The loadflatsharedlibrary function in fs/binfmtflat.c in the flat subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a shared flat binary, which triggers a...

CVE-2009-2768

The vulnerability CVE-2009-2768 affects the Linux kernel flat subsystem (fs/binfmt_flat.c: load_flat_shared_library). It allows local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by executing a shared flat binary, potentially causing a denial of service and system crash, via an uninitialized cred ...