CVE-2009-1243

NameCVE-2009-1243
Descriptionnet/ipv4/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 performs an unlocking step in certain incorrect circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by reading zero bytes from the /proc/net/udp file and unspecified other files, related to the "udp seq_file infrastructure."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6source(unstable)(not affected)
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Issue was introduced after 2.6.27 release)
- linux-2.6.24 <not-affected> (Issue was introduced after 2.6.27 release)

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