01 Record
CVE-2009-0031
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-21 02:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f04716c7e51b31ff891acf56da736909582352782ae958b57d4def328e79f06
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com34502http://secunia.com/advisories/34502
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0331http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11386https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0360http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1749http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
- www.debian.orgDSA-1794http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- git2.kernel.orghttp://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-751-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- secunia.com34252http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- secunia.com35011http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0264http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- secunia.com33858http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090119 CVE-2009-0031 kernel: local denial of service in keyctl_join_session_keyringhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4
- secunia.com34981http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- secunia.com34394http://secunia.com/advisories/34394
- www.debian.orgDSA-1787http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- osvdb.org51501http://osvdb.org/51501
- secunia.com34762http://secunia.com/advisories/34762