CVE-2009-0031

Published: Jan 21, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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 unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."

Affected (111)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

111 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.28.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.2.27
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.4.36
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.18 rc7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.19.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.19.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.19.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.19.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.16
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.18
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.19
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.20
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.20.21
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.21.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.21.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.21.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.11
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.13
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.14
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.15
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.18
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.19
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.20
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.21
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.22
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22_rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.22_rc7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.11
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.13
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.15
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.16
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.23_rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24_rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24_rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.24_rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.11
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.11
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.13
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.14
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.15
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.16
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.25
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.26
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.27
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.28
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6