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CVE-2009-0859
The shmgetstat function in ipc/shm.c in the shm subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5, when CONFIGSHMEM is disabled, misinterprets the data type of an inode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via an SHMINFO shmctl call, as demonstrated by running the ipcs...
Code injection
The shmgetstat function in ipc/shm.c in the shm subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5, when CONFIGSHMEM is disabled, misinterprets the data type of an inode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via an SHMINFO shmctl call, as demonstrated by running the ipcs...
CVE-2009-0859
CVE-2009-0859 affects the Linux kernel shm subsystem (ipc/shm.c). When CONFIG_SHMEM is disabled, shm_get_stat misinterprets the inode data type, enabling local users to trigger a denial of service (system hang) via an SHM_INFO shmctl call (as demonstrated by the ipcs program). The advisory notes ...
CVE-2009-0859
The shmgetstat function in ipc/shm.c in the shm subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5, when CONFIGSHMEM is disabled, misinterprets the data type of an inode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via an SHMINFO shmctl call, as demonstrated by running the ipcs...