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CVE-2009-1337

Description

The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
ubuntu 08.04 linux 2.6.24-24.55
ubuntu 08.10 linux 2.6.27-14.35
ubuntu 09.04 linux 2.6.28-13.45
ubuntu upstream linux any
ubuntu upstream linux-source-2.6.15 any

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