NVD
- Id
- 50070
- Name
- CVE-2009-2848
- Description
- The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_child_tid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONE_CHILD_SETTID or CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID enabled, which is not properly handled during thread creation and exit.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 4.7
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 4.7
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 6.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.4
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-07
- Published
- 2009-08-18
- Modified Date
- 2013-01-22
- Seq
- 2009-2848